The EPA Announces Updated Energy Star Standards for Lighting

摘要

The u.s. environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced updated standards for lighting fixtures to qualify for the Energy Star label, an efficiency program. Effective Oct. 1,2011, to qualify for the Energy Star label, lighting fixtures must increase efficiency 30 percent above currently qualified fluorescent-based fixtures. In 2013, performance requirements will increase further, providing 40 percent higher efficiency compared to currently qualified models.