Confidence in Quality:
Harmonization of CFLs to Help Asia Address Climate Change
Recent national and local efforts to promote energy efficiency have been gathering strength in Asia and around the globe. Many of these programs feature the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) as a mainstay in delivering energy conservation in the residential sector. The increasing focus on this robust energy-efficiency measure has significantly accelerated the global demand for CFLs. Indeed, world-wide CFL production has seen a dramatic increase, reaching more than 1 billion units per year earlier this decade, and now exceeding 2 billion units annually. If the current trend continues, global CFL production stands to reach, if not exceed, 4 billion units annually before the end of this decade, and plans to phase out incandescent lamps may cause CFL production to increase to as many as 10 billion units.
This report provides an overview of CFL markets and programs in China, India, and the four largest ASEAN nations - Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. As part of this overview, the report assesses the quality of CFLs currently available in regional markets. The report also proposes an immediate and intensive coordination of existing regional CFL initiatives in order to support development of a broad-based quality assurance process for CFLs in Asia.
Complete Report
October 2007 | PDF (4 MB)
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