Energy: DOE Issues New Lighting-Efficiency Standards

摘要

The Dept. of Energy has announced final regulations that set higher efficiency standards for residential and commercial lighting.The rules, issued June 26, apply to general-service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRLs), which together account for about 45% of total lighting-energy use, DOE says. Under the rules, which take effect in 2012, electricity used in GSFLs would be cut by 15% and 25% in IRLs.