Revision of the ENERGY STAR Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Specification
The U.S. Department of Energy is pleased to issue the final version of the ENERGY STAR Criteria for CFLs — Version 3.0 (dated 10/30/03), which will go into effect on January 1, 2004.
Below is the final criteria along with a letter from DOE that provides clarification on the key testing requirements or issues that were raised by partners during the third comment period, as well as topics that were not incorporated into the criteria at this time.
Historical Information:
There were three comment periods for this criteria change and those partner and stakeholder comments are posted below.
If you have any questions, please contact either Richard Karney or Ronald Lewis at richard.karney@ee.doe.gov, ronald.lewis@ee.doe.gov or Susan Gardner at sgardner@drintl.com.
The timeline for the revised ENERGY STAR Criteria for CFLs is:
- December 12, 2002: Send out 1st revised criteria draft to Partners and Stakeholders for comment
- January 24, 2003: First Round of Comments Due; DOE compiles comments and revises criteria
- April 15, 2003: Send out 2nd revised criteria draft to Partners and Stakeholders for comment
- April 29, 2003: ENERGY STAR CFL Partner & Stakeholder Meeting in Washington, D.C.
- June 4, 2003: Second Round of Comments Due; DOE compiles comments and revises criteria
- August 28, 2003: Send out 3rd and final revised criteria draft to Partners and Stakeholders for comment
- September 19, 2003: Third Round of Comments Due; DOE compiles comments and revises criteria
- October 1, 2003: Tentative Release Date of final version of the ENERGY STAR criteria for CFLs (Version 3.0)
- January 1, 2004: Effective Date of the ENERGY STAR criteria for CFLs (Version 3.0)
For those interested parties who could not attend the ENERGY STAR CFL criteria meeting on April 29, 2003, which was held at U.S. Department of Energy’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C., below are the meeting’s presentation and meeting notes for your review.
1st Round of Stakeholder Comments on Proposed Specification:
- CE Lighting of North America , January 2003
- Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) , January 2003
- Dash Lighting , January 2003
- Idaho Power , January 27, 2003
- Intertek Testing Services (ITS) , January 2003
- Lighting Research Center (LRC) , January 2003
- MAXLITE , January 24, 2003
- National Electrical Manufacturers Assoc. , January 10, 2003
- National Electrical Manufacturers Assoc. Final Comments , January 24, 2003
- Natural Resources Defense Council , January 7, 2003
- Osram Foshan Lighting Co. Ltd. , January, 2003
- Roberts Research and Consulting , January 2003
- Technical Consumer Products, Inc. (TCP) , January 23, 2003
- Westinghouse Lighting Corporation , January 2003
2nd Round of Stakeholder Comments on Proposed Specification:
- Consortium for Energy Efficiency , May 30, 2003
- Conglom, Inc. , May 22, 2003
- Feit Electric , April 15, 2003
- Greenlite Lighting Corporation
- Intertek Testing Services , May 6, 2003
- National Electrical Manufacturers Assn. , May 30, 2003
- National Resource Defense Council , May 7, 2003
- Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
3rd Round of Stakeholder Comments on Proposed Specification: