by jbs011709b3 — January 19, 2009—The UK’s Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) have come out in support of the use of energy-efficient lamps wherever appropriate, following recent media interest in the withdrawal of traditional 100-watt bulbs from the high street.
SLL actively promotes all energy-efficient lighting solutions and the use of energy-efficient lamps wherever appropriate.
The voluntary withdrawal of energy inefficient tungsten filament lamps will lead to a reduction in UK energy consumption, while reducing demand for electricity will save money and reduce UK reliance on energy imports, say the organizations.
Information from manufacturers indicates that many of the technical issues (warm-up time, ability to dim, flicker, color, appearance, rendition, etc.) are being addressed and that new lamps are currently under development that will meet most of the characteristics of tungsten filament lamps.
While new lamps will use various approaches, such as fluorescent, LED, or high efficiency filament technologies, they will all be more energy efficient than current tungsten filament lamps, notes CIBSE.
FAQs on energy-efficient lamps, produced by the European Lamp Companies Federation, can be found on the SLL Web site under the “Withdrawal of GLS lamps” section.
