Posted le luci on August 31, 2009 | WWF welcomes the ban on incandescent light bulbs, le luci which

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Posted le luci on August 31, 2009 | WWF welcomes the ban on incandescent light bulbs, le luci which come into force in the EU on 1 September. However, the organization stresses that other bulbs as standard halogen, should also be recalled because they also waste energy. The decision, voted by Member States last December 2008, and will gradually phase out between 2009 and 2012 in all conventional incandescent bulbs from shops in the EU. This measure will prevent the emission of 15 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere from 2020, equivalent to the electricity consumption of a country like Romania in a year amount. "Withdraw conventional incandescent bulbs is an obvious and necessary step, but the halogen le luci also wasted energy: we need the EU to promote the incorporation of innovative solutions in the market," says Mariangiolla Fabbri, Senior Technical Office for European Policy of WWF. Conventional incandescent light bulb is one of the least efficient le luci ways of producing light with standard halogen bulb. This is because 95% of its energy is lost as heat. Alternatives to these inefficient technologies are in advanced halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps and LED type. Together with other organizations, WWF has launched a website to inform consumers about the appliances and equipment more energy efficient lighting market in Europe (www.topten.info), and also in Spain (www.eurotopten.es ). "Consumers need to correct information about the different options that are already available in the market," says Fabbri. "Provide simple instructions on the collection systems and recycling outlets is crucial to achieve real savings power and a permanent change in the habits of consumers, "says Fabbri MORE INFO: -. Directive le luci on Ecodesign of energy-using products (Directive 2005/32 / EC) provides the framework for establishing minimum performance requirements energy for a wide range of products Technical regulations and position papers of European le luci environmental NGOs can be found at:. http://env-ngo.eup-network.de/ - Starting in September 2009, will phasing out 100 W bulbs transparent and nontransparent all incandescent bulbs most commonly used, the 60 W, will remain available until September 2011 and 40 W and 25 W until September 2012 -. Incandescent bulbs are conventional bulbs. In these, light is produced by passing electric current through a metal filament. They are the cheapest, but also the most inefficient, since only 5% of the electricity consumed is converted into light, le luci the remainder being lost as heat. The alternative to such bulbs are: a. Halogen bulbs: as a rule, standard halogens have a low energy efficiency. The most advanced le luci halogen le luci technologies offer improved energy efficiency of 50% compared to conventional incandescent bulbs. b. Compact Fluorescent Lamps: are up to 80% more efficient le luci than incandescent and most durable. le luci They are more expensive at the time of purchase, but eventually consumers recover the initial extra cost through energy savings achieved and longer le luci life. Its main disadvantage is that when e