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Room for More Energy Saving Lamps in the Home ?Use of Lighting and Barriers
Casper Kofod
Head of Energy Analysis and DSM Department
DEFU (Research Association of Danish Electric Utilities)
Abstract
Substitution of incandescent lamps by energy saving lamps is becoming an essential DSM activity in more and more European countries. Due to this, researchers and utili-ties from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands have participated in the project ?Market Re-search on the Use of Energy Saving Lamps in the Domestic Sector? sup-ported by the EU SAVE programme.
50% of the customers in the three countries use energy saving lamps. An analysis on who is buying the lamps and why is presented along with detailed surveys carried out on how lighting is used and where energy saving lamps can be used favourably for the customer as well as for the society. It is found that the realistic potential is four times what has been achieved in the three countries. The background for this result is described including the higher technical potential of 10 CFLs in an average European household which is economically justifiable .
Barriers that will be encountered before realising the large energy savings potential are described along with proposals for lifting the barriers. This includes how to reach a stable lower price, handling of incompatibility and design, need for comfort and smartness appeal (can both be in style and/or performance), the recommendations for replacements, environmental influence, warranty and testing of quality.
The project has shown a need for more dialogue and co-operation between all parties involved: manufacturers, retailers, designers/architects, government agencies and consumer-organisations. Therefore, the project is intended to be followed up by meetings and discussions with the parties and different kinds of dissemination.
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