Europe Outlaws Inefficient Lighting

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Ross in Europe, Government Policy, Warehousing, Distribution & Logistics

In a busy week for EU environmental legislators after their announcement of minimum efficiency standards for electric motors, the European Commission has formally adopted regulations to improve the energy efficiency of household, commercial, industrial and roadside lighting. The expansive framework aims to have saved up to 80TWh by 2020 - that’s equivalent to the entire electricity consumption of Belgium.

Inefficient incandescent lighting will be replaced over a period of three years from now, which is expected to save the economies of Europe around

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