There are some things people feel strongly about: the coffee they drink, their favorite college football team, their favorite restaurant and surprisingly, what kind of light bulbs they use in their homes.
Brace yourself: Starting in January 2012, to meet the requirements of the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, which was signed into law by former President George W. Bush, some incandescent bulbs will be phased out, starting with the 100-watt incandescent bulb. But, before you go out and start stock-piling incandescent bulbs, be aware that this does not mean all incandescent bulbs will be banned. It just means that “…American companies will stop making and importing 100 watt light bulbs.” Also, if your favorite store still has the 100-watt incandescent bulbs in stock, you can buy them, but the supply won’t be re-stocked after it empties. You will still be able to buy 76, 60 and 40-watt incandescents until Jan. 1, 2014.
The CLEAN Energy Act requires new energy standards for light bulbs —specifically, lumens per watt, which measures the amount of light produced per watt used to power the bulb. The requirement is that all bulbs use 30 percent less energy. According to the National Lighting Bureau, compact florescent bulbs (CFL), produce about 62.5 lumens per watt, up to four times the lumens an incandescent bulb produces per watt.
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2 Comments
All light bulbs have their advantages,
ReplyDeletein average 45-light US households -
the "switch all your lights and save lots of money" campaigns are like saying
"Eat only bananas and save lots of money!"
(Yes, more energy efficient halogen incandescent replacements are allowed, but still have light type etc differences with regular bulbs, apart from costing much more for the small savings, which is why neither
consumers or governments really like them, since they have been around for a while now without being sold much)
Also:
there is no energy shortage for electricity
justifying telling what paying consumers can use, especially since the overall USA energy savings are less than 1%, as Dept of Energy and
other statistics shows ( ceolas.net/#li171ax ) -remember the politicians keep including non-incandescent street and
industrial lighting in the high usage percentages quoted.
People at home don’t save that much in switching either…
One reason is that the common cheaper CFLs (“energy saving” lights )
draw twice the energy from the
power plant than what your meter suggests – but users of course have to pay
for that eventually too
(look up CFL “power factor” online, or ceolas.net/#li15eux with more about the lack of savings from the ban)
Much more relevant savings of actual "energy waste" comes from power plant and grid changes, and from preventing the unnecessary usage of products eg night lighting in buildings,
rather than from preventing the personal choices of what products can be used.
Fast on the approach you will start to see 110 LED lighting. LED lighting has matured but is still expensive. If you put in an LED bulb the energy differance is vast. Look to see LED home lighting to grow and grow.
ReplyDeleteJoe Rossini
PS This is a great article
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