DOE Sets New Energy Efficiency Requirements for Vibration, Rough Service Lamps

The Energy Department is setting new energy efficiency requirements for vibration service lamps and rough service lamps. Effective Jan. 25, 2018, vibration service lamps and rough service lamps are required to meet a maximum 40-watt energy use standard and must also meet certain packing requirements, DOE said. The final rule was mandated by a 2007 law that requires DOE to issue the new “backstop” standard if sales of these lamps surpass a certain threshold and the agency has not yet issued energy efficiency standards on its own initiative.