• Market Applications
• Educate Me
  • EPAct 2005 Basics
  • Energy-Efficient
    Upgrades
  • The Lighting Tax Deduction
• Demonstrate the Value
• Initiate the Process
• Resource Center

Efficiency Standards for Lighting Products

New efficiency standards created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) go into effect January 1, 2006, and will include:

• Illuminated exit signs, torchiere fixtures, traffic signals, pedestrian crosswalk modules, and medium screw-base compact fluorescent lamps. The standards will apply to these products manufactured Products manufactured on or after January 1, 2006.
• Energy-saving magnetic fluorescent ballasts. Standards apply to ballasts manufactured on or after January 1, 2009, sold by a manufacturer on or after October 1, 2009, or incorporated into a luminaire on or after July 1, 2010.
• Mercury vapor lamp ballasts. EPAct's guidelines state that mercury vapor lamp ballasts cannot be manufactured or imported after January 1, 2008.