General Service Fluorescent Lamp and Incandescent Reflector Lamp March 10-11, 2008 

Energy Conservation Standard ANOPR Public Meeting 

Energy Conservation Standards for 

General Service Fluorescent Lamps and 

Incandescent Reflector Lamps
 

ANOPR Public Meeting
 

Scope of Coverage 

Building Technologies Program
 

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
 

U.S. Department of Energy
 

March 10-11, 2008
 

EISA 2007 

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

	 Amendments to EPCA contained in EISA 2007 significantly affected the 

scope of coverage for this rulemaking: 

•	 Set energy conservation standards for general service incandescent 

lamps (GSIL) (no longer part of this rulemaking) 

•	 Amended 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(5) to remove DOE’s authority to consider 

coverage of additional GSIL, including IRL 

•	 Modified EPCA definitions for GSFL and IRL, bringing additional lamps 

under DOE’s authority 

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EISA 2007 

General Service Fluorescent Lamp Definition 

	 The term “general service fluorescent lamp” means a fluorescent lamp 

which can be used to satisfy the majority of fluorescent applications, but 

does not include any lamp designed and marketed for the following nongeneral lighting applications: 

(i) Fluorescent lamps designed to (v) Reflectorized or aperture lamps. 

promote plant growth. (vi) Fluorescent lamps designed for use in 

(ii) Fluorescent lamps designed for reprographic equipment. 

cold temperature applications. (vii) Lamps primarily designed to produce 

(iii) Colored fluorescent lamps. radiation in the UV region. 

(iv) Impact-resistant fluorescent (viii) Lamps with a CRI ≥ 87. 

lamps. 

(42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(B)) 3 

EISA 2007 

Incandescent Reflector Lamp Definition 

	 The term “incandescent reflector lamp” means a lamp in which light is 

produced by a filament heated to incandescence by an electric current, 

and which is not colored or designed for rough or vibration service 

applications, that contains an inner reflective coating on the outer bulb to 

direct the light, an R, PAR, ER, BR, BPAR or similar bulb shapes with 

E26 medium screw bases, a rated voltage or voltage range that lies at 

least partially within 115 and 130 volts, a diameter which exceeds 2.25 

inches, and has a rated wattage that is 40 watts or higher. 

(42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(C)) 

	 DOE plans to continue to regulate IRL rated 40 to 205 watts. 

	 EISA included statutory exemptions for the following IRL:

•	 ER30, BR30, BR40, and ER40 lamps rated at 50 watts or less; 

•	 BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps rated at 65 watts; and 

•	 R20 lamps rated at 45 watts or less. 

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General Service Fluorescent Lamp and Incandescent Reflector Lamp March 10-11, 2008 

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EISA 2007 

Colored Incandescent Lamp Definition 

	 EISA 2007 introduces a new definition for colored incandescent 

lamp: 

The term “colored incandescent lamp” means an incandescent lamp 

designated and marketed as a colored lamp that has--

(i) a color rendering index of less than 50, as determined according to the test 

method given in C.I.E. publication 13.3-1995; or 

(ii) a correlated color temperature of less than 2,500K, or greater than 4,600K, 

where correlated temperature is computed according to the Journal of Optical 

Society of America, Vol. 58, pages 1528-1595 (1968). 

	 This new definition effectively removes the exclusion of neodymium 

incandescent reflector lamps from regulation. DOE considers 

standards for these lamps by creating a separate product class for 

“modified spectrum” IRL. 

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Preliminary Determination 

Expansion Scope of Coverage 

	 “...the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine 

if the standards in effect for fluorescent lamps...should be amended 

so that they would be applicable to additional general service 

fluorescent lamps...” 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(5) 

	 Schedule: 

Determination Analysis Energy Conservation Standards 

Preliminary Determination of Scope ANOPR 

Proposed Determination of Scope NOPR 

Final Determination of Scope Final Rule 

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Preliminary Determination 

Scope of Coverage Criteria / Rationale 

 Statutory definition for GSFL (42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(B)) 

 Potential energy savings of the lamps

•	 Estimated using market-share information and incremental energy 

savings of more-efficacious lamps. 

	 Includes lamps whose shipments may not currently be high-volume 

but which have the potential to grow.

•	 Mitigates the risk that regulating one lamp type may lead to rapid 

increased sales of other, non-regulated lamps. 

	 Potential for a standard to meet two remaining statutory criteria

•	 Technologically feasible 

•	 Economically justified 

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Preliminary Determination 

Preliminary Determination of Scope - GSFL 

 Additional General Service Fluorescent Lamps 

•	 Four-foot, medium bipin lamps with wattages ≥ 25 and < 28 

•	 Eight-foot recessed double contact, rapid start, HO lamps not defined in 

ANSI C78.1-1991 (e.g., 86W, T8, 0.4 A, high-frequency) 

•	 Eight-foot single pin instant start slimline lamps, with a rated wattage 

≥ 52, not defined in ANSI C78.3-1991 (e.g., 59W, T8, single pin) 

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Preliminary Determination 

Fluorescent 

Lamps
 

8-Foot	 8-Foot 4-Foot 2-Foot U-shaped Recessed Single Pin Medium Bipin ≥ 28 W Double Contact Slimline ≥ 25W High Output	 ≥ 52 W 

95W 

0.8-Amp 

T12 

110W 

0.8-Amp 

T12 

60W 

T12 

75W 

T12 

40W 

6” 

Center 

T12 

40W 

3-5/8” 

Center 

T12 

31W 

1-5/8” 

Center 

T8 

32W 

6” 

Center 

T8 

Other 

lamps 

e.g. 34W 

T12, ... 

86 W 

0.4-Amp 

T8 

59W 

T8 

57W 

T8 

55W 

T8 

Fluorescent Lamps Covered 

Currently in EPCA 

Proposed Product Additions 

in the Lamps ANOPR 44W 

T8 

40W 

T12 

40W 

T12 

40W 

T10 

34W 

T12 

32W 

T8 

Other 

lamps 

e.g. T8: 

30, 28W; 

... 

25W 

T8 

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Preliminary Determination 

Other Lamps Considered for Coverage 

	 DOE considered, but is presently not planning to extend coverage 

to the following lamp types: 

	 T5 Miniature Bipin Lamps

•	 Lower potential for per-unit energy savings because they already represent 

more efficacious product. 

•	 Currently small market share. 

•	 Regulation of these lamps may slow the adoption of these higher-efficacy 

products. 

	 Very High Output Lamps

• Though may have potential for relatively large per-unit energy savings, 

research indicates that they have small and decreasing market share. 

	 Fluorescent lamps with alternate lengths, diameters, bases, and 

shapes

•	 Constitute a small market share with little potential to grow. 

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General Service Fluorescent Lamp and Incandescent Reflector Lamp March 10-11, 2008 

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Preliminary Determination 

Consideration of Additional General Service Fluorescent Lamps 

DOE invites comment on its considered expansion of 

coverage of general service fluorescent lamps. (Issue #1) 

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