Tamlite Lighting comments on reports that halogen and CFLs are to be banned in Europe
According to recent media reports, draft updates to Europe’s Ecodesign laws “will see the effective banning of both tungsten halogen and compact fluorescent as light sources by 2020”. A minimum efficiency requirement of 85 lumens per watt and a maximum standby power of 0.5W on all light sources is set to come into force in […]
Improve halogen’s eco-credentials by switching to a dimmer
By Tony Doyle, Chairman at Varilight The postponement of the planned EU phase-out of ‘non-directional’ halogen lamps until September 2018 and the fact that no timetable currently exists to phase out ‘directional’ halogen spotlights (such as GU10s) means that it is worth diverting our attention momentarily from the media ‘spotlight’ on LED lighting in order […]
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