Lighting

INCAAA fact sheet 11.17.2010.pdf

The Implementation of National Consensus Appliance Agreements Act (INCAAA or S.3925) was introduced by Senator Bingaman on September 29, 2010 and cosponsored by Senators Lugar, Klobuchar, Kerry, Bayh, Cardin, Johnson, Warner, Whitehouse, Feingold, and Merkley. The bill would enact new, cost-effective energy-efficiency standards for several types of home appliances, certain lighting products and other equipment.  Each included standard is based on a consensus recommendation submitted to Congress.

Representing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the Alliance's October 2010 Efficient Lighting Phase-In Webinar, ENERGY STAR Lighting Program Manager Alex Baker discussed the EPA’s developing standards for all lighting categories, including residential lighting. According to Baker, educational campaigns should tell consumers that light bulb purchasing will continue to be an easy process.

Representing the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency at the Alliance's October 2010 Efficient Lighting Phase-In Webinar, Director for Lighting and Equipment Efficiency, Mel Slade discussed Australia’s campaign for its 2007–2010 lighting transition.The campaign successfully addressed consumer concerns about Australia’s 2009 phase-in of efficient lighting through point-of-sale e

Representing the Stockholm-based European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy at the Alliance's October 2010 Efficient Lighting Phase-In Webinar, Executive Director Nils Borg discussed the EU’s phase-in of energy-efficient lighting. The EU used an interval system that eliminated an increasing number of frosted and clear incandescent bulbs from 2009 to 2010.

Representing Natural Resources Canada at the Alliance's October 2010 Efficient Lighting Phase-In Webinar, Senior Standards Engineer Pierrette LeBlanc discussed several projects promoting the use of efficient lighting technologies in Canada, which started a national effort to phase in efficient general-use lighting in 2008 and expects a successful transition by 2012.

Representing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at the Alliance's October 2010 Efficient Lighting Phase-In Webinar, Bureau of Protection, Attorney Hampton Newsome discussed energy-related advertising and labeling, in particular the FTC’s lamp labeling requirements and plans to educate consumers about these new labels.

Representing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the Alliance's October 2010 Efficient Lighting Phase-In Webinar, supervisory energy technology program specialist with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Office of Technology Advancement and Outreach, Kevin Brosnahan, discussed the activities underway at DOE to address the phase-in of efficient lighting.