Posted by jamie — 14 December 2007 at 2:40pm
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After last
week's amazing news that Ireland
is going to ban inefficient light bulbs in early 2009, we thought it was time
to give our own government a squeeze on the issue. The speed at which our
neighbour across the Irish Sea will be ditching incandescent bulbs has shown
just how ineffective London
has been so far.
Not only
does Ireland now join the
likes of Australia, Venezuela and Cuba who have already laid down
bulb legislation, it also proves our own government is dragging its feet.
Earlier this year, a voluntary phase-out of inefficient bulbs by the end of
2011 was announced which even at the time was pretty rubbish. Thousands
of small retailers aren't covered by the scheme so incandescent bulbs will
still be on sale beyond that date. Ireland's tough new legislation now
makes this initiative look even more feeble.
The UK government's position on energy inefficient lightbulbs was thrown into doubt today after its Irish counterpart announced legislation to introduce mandatory efficiency standards for light bulbs which will see them banned by the beginning of 2009.
Posted by jamie — 4 October 2007 at 3:43pm
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I had one of those meetings this morning where I was doodling on my notebook rather than listening as attentively as perhaps I should have been, but the words 'China', 'light' and 'bulbs' caught my attention. I started paying even more attention when I realised it related to the news that China will be phasing out incandescent bulbs in the next 10 years.
Posted by jamie — 3 October 2007 at 2:50pm
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Greenpeace campaigner Louise Molloy, light bulb inventor Tony Doyle and designer Jason Bruges, proud owners of an award for innovation (Photo: Philip Vile)
One more (slightly belated) piece of news from the 100% Design exhibition comes in the form of an award. The light bulb used in Jason Bruges' installation has been given the inaugural award for innovative lighting design by the event's organisers, recognising the fact that it is the world's first fully dimmable energy efficient bulb.
Greenpeace today congratulated the high street chain Woolworths after the group announced that power crazy, incandescent light bulbs would not be available in its stores by the end of 2010. From that date only highly efficient, compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs will be on sale.
Posted by jamie — 27 September 2007 at 3:22pm
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Great news. Woolworths have made a significant shift in their light bulbs policy and, as a result, are not longer bottom of the heap on our retailers league table.
After receiving thousands of emails and signatures from their customers (ie you) eager to see them take a lead on energy efficiency, Woolies will now be phasing out incandescent light bulbs by the end of 2010. It's not quite the 2008 date we were looking for, but never the less it's a massive improvement and they're now well ahead of many other companies such as Tesco and Waitrose. They're also cutting the price of their efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
Greenpeace today responded to a government initiative - which aims to remove a large portion of power crazy, incandescent light bulbs from sale by the end of 2011 - by demanding tougher action. While welcoming the fact that only compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) will be on sale at many major retail outlets across the UK from 2011, most major retailers, after a campaign by Greenpeace, have already promised to beat that date.
Posted by bex — 21 September 2007 at 3:17pm
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Judging from recent comments on this site, it seems there are a few people out there who still believe the myths that compact fluorescent bulbs are ugly, ungainly and undimmable.
But going green doesn't mean sacrificing good design, and CFLs can be versatile, stylish and even beautiful. We've been working with designer Jason Bruges (he of Wind to Light renown) on an installation using fully dimmable, compact fluorescent bulbs and, well, I'll let the film do the talking:
