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Dutch fixture-action

With the world's highest penetration rate for integral CFLs, the Netherlands is moving on to promote residential dedicated CFL fixtures.

NOVEM, the Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment, is working together with lamp and luminaire manufacturers in a market transformation program, based on a voluntary labeling scheme in combination with promotional activities and incentives.

Different types of luminaires can be compared with a rating system based on the following criteria:

Lamp type
Stand-by power consumption (for automatic controls)
Fixture efficiency
Ballast/transformer losses
Type of integral controls

Although the rating scheme is still being developed, the following minimum requirements have been agreed upon:

Lamps must have an efficacy of more than or equal to 40 lumens per watt.
Fixture efficiency must be more than or equal to 35%
When using automatic controls, the stand-by mode must be less than or equal to 1W

The European Luminaire Manufacturers' Association, CELMA, is considering the adoption of this scheme.

For more information:

R. van Holsteijn
van Holsteijn en Kemna,
POBox 3139 NL-2601 DC Delft
Tel: +31 15 14 71 82
Fax: +31 15 14 71 40

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