CFLs
Posted by jamie — 12 December 2008 at 8:36am
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If you've been wondering what's been happening
on the light bulb front since our Woolworths campaign last year (and much as
they were in our bad books, it's sorry to see them go), there's been some developments
on the European stage where politicians have been voting on plans to improve
their efficiency and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the EU.
The good news is that, on Tuesday, the EU has
at long last agreed on a ban of inefficient incandescent light bulbs; the somewhat
worse news is that we'll have to wait several years for it to come into full
effect. In the meantime, inefficient bulbs will still be on sale and given the
desperate need to reduce emissions, it's not enough and it's not soon enough.
Posted by jamie — 19 March 2008 at 4:53pm
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Another country is well on the way to making
the switch as last week Argentina
joined the rapidly growing list of nation states getting ready to use only
energy efficient light bulbs.
If the Argentinean president Cristina
Fernandez de Kirchner gets her way, by the end of 2010 mandatory efficiency
standards will be introduced which will effectively ban incandescent bulbs.
Better yet, she said her decision came as a direct result of the campaign run
by our office in Buenos Aires.
And earlier this year, Italy followed Ireland's example to become the
second EU country to propose similar efficiency standards and is also expected
to remove incandescents from sale in 2010. All these bulb bans are a small but
vital step in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, and introducing minimum
energy efficiency standards on all electrical equipment has to be the ultimate
goal.
Posted by jamie — 14 February 2008 at 6:25pm
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Excellent news reaches us from the Philippines where a ban on old-fashioned incandescent bulbs has recently been announced.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced plans for phasing out inefficient bulbs by January 2010, adding the Asian archipelago to the growing list of countries, including Ireland and Japan, which are slashing their emissions by shifting to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). So pressure is building up on our own government - and indeed the entire EU - to bring in their own mandatory efficiency standards for light bulbs.
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Posted by jamie — 11 September 2007 at 12:30pm
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![The design for Jason Bruges's installation using energy efficient light bulbs The design for Jason Bruges's installation using energy efficient light bulbs](../../files/images/climate/good%20energy/bulbs/jasonbruges_design.jpg)
So far in our light bulb campaign, we've bashed companies like Woolworths for not being proactive enough in sweeping inefficient incandescent bulbs from their shelves, but we're also working on more positive angles to demonstrate the plus-points of energy saving light bulbs or compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). One of the frequent excuses used for not switching to CFLs is that they're unattractive/ungainly/ugly/inconvenient (delete as applicable), but that's not so. They now come in an exhaustive variety of shapes, sizes and colours and can be just as aesthetically pleasing as old-fashioned bulbs.
Jason Bruges certainly thinks so. One of the UK's top interactive installation designers, he’s currently working with us on a new work to demonstrate the versatility of CFLs. He's no stranger to low-carbon design projects - his recent installation at the South Bank in London, Wind to Light, featured mini-wind turbines powering hundreds of LEDs, and his studio's latest work will be the front of house feature at this year's 100% Design at Earls Court Exhibition Centre later this month.
Posted by bex — 3 May 2007 at 10:42am
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![cfl_t Compact Fluorescent lamp (CFL)](../../files/images/climate/good%20energy/cfl_t.jpg) | These two bulbs might look pretty similar but, beneath the surface, there are some important differences. The bulb on the left uses five times less energy than the one on the right. It lasts up to 12 times longer. It can save UK consumers around £1.2 billion in electricity bills per year. It’s available for less than a pound from several major retailers. | ![incandescent_t Incandescent bulb](../../files/images/climate/good%20energy/incandescent_t.jpg) |
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Energy saving bulbs, or CFLs, have been on sale for over 30 years, and recently the shapes, sizes and colours available - as well as the quality - have improved dramatically. To prove that buying a CFL doesn't mean being stuck with an ugly bulb, here's a selection of just a few of the energy efficient bulbs on offer from a single retailer:
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![cfl A Compact Fluorescent Lamp](../../files/images/climate/good%20energy/bulbs/1227.jpg)
Aren’t Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) really big and ugly?
These days, the range of energy saving bulbs on sale is huge. You can get them in all shapes and sizes, including some that look almost exactly the same as traditional incandescents. Don’t believe us? Have a look at our gallery.
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Posted by bex — 1 May 2007 at 1:00am
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Amsterdam: Greenpeace replaces power crazy bulbs with low energy ones
Efficiency is the amount of energy an appliance or device uses to get a certain output. The more efficient a device is, the less electricity it uses - and the less climate-changing emissions are pumped into the atmosphere.
The technologies exist for making all sorts of energy efficient products – from light bulbs and TVs to cars and fridges. But, because it’s cheaper and easier for industry to keep churning out the same old products, most of us are still using old, inefficient technologies and unnecessarily damaging the climate.