- In South Africa, it will soon be illegal to sell light bulbs with an efficiency rating of less than 90 lumens per watt for household use.
- Last year, the Department of Trade Industry and Competition published a Government Gazette setting a new standard for lightbulb energy efficiency, which now comes into effect.
The minister withdrew the compulsory specification for single-capped fluorescent lamps (VC 9091) and the compulsory specification for incandescent lamps (VC 8043), and replace them with the compulsory specification for energy efficiency and functional performance requirements of general services lamps.
Download the new compulsory specification for energy efficiency and functional performance requirements of general service lamps – vc 9109 HERE
The new laws open -up the widespread adoption of light emitting diodes (LED) lighting as the lighting option that readily complies with the new requirements.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
