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The New DOE Steps Up: New Lamp Standard Will Save More Energy Than Any Previous DOE Standard

July 1, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

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efficiencystandards, energy, energyefficiency, lighting, simplesteps

On Monday, President Obama and Secretary Chu announced a strengthened final rule on lamps that will save consumers $4 billion annually by 2022. This standard would cover the tube fluorescent bulbs (general service fluorescent or GSFL) that we are all...continued

DOE’s proposed rule on lamps: This is a big deal.

January 26, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
DOE, efficiencystandards, energyefficiency, lamps, lighting, simplesteps

DOE recently released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for general service fluorescent (GSFL) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL). See the actual document here, press release here, and general fact sheet here. GSFLs are the tube shaped fluorescent lights hanging in...continued

Lane Burt
Lane Burt
Manager, Building Energy Policy
Washington DC
I am the Manager of Building Energy Policy in NRDC's Washington, D.C. office. My work...
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