RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING, promoting actions under the frame of national and European projects

摘要

Both in European Union countries and in Romania, the residential sector represents an important potential for the reduction of energy consumption. The energy consumption in this sector is focused on lighting and domestic appliances and heating/air conditioning/hot water. The efficient use of electricity is still a neglected issue, with a lack of the necessary statistic data. The Lighting Engineering Center of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (LEC UTC-N), Romania is involved in two programs promoting lighting energy efficiency and energy saving measures in residential buildings. The paper presents the state of the facts of the Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) use in households in Romania, mainly based on questionnaires surveys in residential area.