DOE Sets Tougher Energy Efficiency Standards for Fluorescent Lamps

The Energy Department is amending efficiency standards for general service fluorescent lamps. The agency’s final rule (here) sets more stringent standards for the fluorescent lamps, and upping the minimum lumens per watt they must produce. DOE declined to toughen energy efficiency standards for incandescent reflector lamps, as it had originally proposed in April, because amended standards would not be economically justified. Compliance with the amended energy efficiency standards for general service fluorescent lamps is required by Jan. 26, 2018.