US Federal Outdoor Lighting Legislation

May 18, 2009

Currently Congress and the Senate are reviewing new energy standards called US Federal Outdoor Lighting Legislation.  This legislation would effectively eliminate nearly all lighting fixtures we now use in exterior lighting by 2015.

This type of legislation would certainly be a bonus to the lamp industry.  Imagine owning and having the Federal government legislate that all consumers would have to switch to the new products you invented over the next 6 years regardless of application or their demonstrated quality or usefulness in purpose!

This legislation calls for high efficiency lighting sources that are evaluated in Lumens per Watt.   What exterior lighting needs to be effective is well applied sources that cannot be considered separate from their application.

Please see the IALD position statement on this legislation which was released on May 15, 2009.

Please write your congressman and senator and tell them that this kind of legislation is not what  we need.  

 

Written by editor · Filed Under Energy and Environment 

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One Response to “US Federal Outdoor Lighting Legislation”

  1. Lighting Fixture on November 17th, 2010 10:28 am

    outdoor lightings that are weatherproof would be the best thing to install outside the house “-.

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