EU Ban on Incandescent Bulbs Goes into Effect on September 1

e360.yale.edu 31 Aug '12, 4pm

EU Ban on Incandescent Bulbs Goes into Effect on September 1

31 Aug 2012: EU Ban on Incandescent Bulbs Goes into Effect on September 1 Wikimedia Commons The incandescent light bulb, in use for more than a century, will be officially banned across the European Union on September 1. Over the past three years, the EU has been phasing out 60-watt and 100-watt incandescent bulbs, and on Saturday retailers will no longer be allowed to sell 40-watt and 25-watt bulbs. Incandescent bulbs will be replaced with compact fluorescent lights, halogen bulbs, and LED, or light-emitting diode, lights. The move is expected to save 39 terawatt-hours of electricity across the EU annually by 2020. Some consumers have complained about the quality and expense of the new light bulbs, but lighting industry executives say that prices are coming down steadily and the quality of light from the new bulbs is good. “The phase-out has ben very smooth,” said Peter H...

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@hey_ghis » 07 Sep '12, 2pm
Les lampes à incandescence sont officiellement interdites en Europe depuis le 1er septembre [link]
@EcoTheo » 06 Sep '12, 5pm
European ban on traditional lightbulbs began September 1st. [link]
@AbelValdivia » 04 Sep '12, 11pm
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@MJ_Coren » 03 Sep '12, 6pm
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