SLL urges industry to consider impact of withdrawal of tungsten lamps - Voltimum UK - Electrical Installation Products and Contracting

SLL urges industry to consider impact of withdrawal of tungsten lamps - Voltimum UK - Electrical Installation Products and Contracting: "The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) actively promotes energy efficient lighting solutions and accepts that a withdrawal of inefficient tungsten filament lamps could lead to a reduction in UK energy consumption but is concerned whether the current options will fully meet the lighting requirements for the spaces and tasks to be lit. SLL's main concern is that in removing existing, albeit energy inefficient, lamps from the market, future lighting installations using the more efficient alternatives will not be able to achieve the lighting effects that current lamps can produce. Issues of concern to domestic users include: amount of light, warm-up time, ability to dim, flicker, colour, appearance and rendition, lamp life, degree of sparkle, availability of suitable luminaires and lamp shades and cost. Information from manufacturers does indicate that many of the technical issues could be addressed and that lamps are currently under development that will meet most of the characteristics of tungsten filament lamps. While new lamps will use various approaches, such as fluorescent, LED or high efficiency filament technologies, they will be more energy efficient than current tungsten filament lamps. "