Many people already know from the press the Goverment are supporting retailers to phase out traditional energy hungry bulbs, replacing them with energy efficient light bulbs (CFLs) by the year 2011. This is a voluntary initiative being carried out by major retailers and energy suppliers to phase out old-fashioned light bulbs, to turn them off for good.
The latest news we have found reveals the following;
- 150 watt incandescent bulbs to be phased-out in January 2008
- 100 watt by January 2009
- 60 watt by January 2010
- 40 watt by January 2011
- 60 watt Golfball and Candle shaped by 2011
- all other high-energy incandescent bulbs by 2011, rumored to become an EU Standard thereafter
- (Halogen power hungry wattages by 2016)
According to the government, this will save five million tonnes of CO2 a year and take us closer to their 2050 target.