Sustainability and Energy Saving Globes

The Australian Government has placed an important ban on traditional in candescent globes (or bulbs of course) that are still used in many buildings. A sales ban is expected to commence in November 2009. Once the sales ban is in place, we will no longer be able to purchase traditional pear-shaped incandescent light globes.

  Incandescent Light Globes – On The Way Out

An efficient lighting alternative is the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), which uses around one-fifth of the electricity needed to produce the same light and can last up to ten (10) times longer than a traditional pear shaped incandescent light globe. These are the energy saver fluorescent gloves we have all become familiar with in recent years.

According to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, the “phase-out will deliver considerable savings to the environment and the economy. Across the country, the move to more efficient lighting, such as CFLs, is expected to save around 30 terawatt hours of electricity and 29 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions between 2008 and 2020. This is equivalent to permanently decommissioning a small coal-fired power station or taking more than 500,000 cars off the road permanently. It is expected to result in savings to the Australian economy of around $380 million per year by 2020 and result in net savings of more than $50 per year for each household that changes all of its incandescent light globes to CFLs.

Compact Fluorescent Lamps – Energy Efficient Future

Now is the time to audit your lighting and move to more energy efficient and reliable lighting.

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