The ELCF says “this would lead to a massive 60% reduction of CO2 emissions from domestic lighting.” The ELCF doesn’t mention that lighting only accounts for about 1% of the household energy use. The 23 megatonnes of CO2 the ELCF hopes to avoid by 2015 represents 0.6% of the present European yearly emissions.

The Federation’s initiative is a response to the Energy Efficiency Action Plan by the European Commission from October 2006. Street, office and household lighting were among the targets. The lighting industry now hopes the Commission will include the proposal in the EC’s Eco-design directive. Talks on this subject with stakeholders will take place later this month.

In a reaction to the proposal yesterday, Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs welcomed the initiative: “The decision of the industry demonstrates that energy efficiency is a way of combating climate change and reduce our energy dependency, but also a good business opportunity.”

More information:

ELC press release