Ban The Bulb

A campaign to ban domestic incandescent light bulbs and replace them with appropriate energy efficient alternative

Campaign managed by: Matt Prescott

Campaign location: United Kingdom, Oxfordshire

This campaign was launced in February 2005 and has resulted in the EU's 27 member states agreeing to phase out 100W incandescent light bulbs from Sept 2009.

It has been estimated that this change in the law will save the EU between 23 - 53 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per annum.

www.banthebulb.org

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By Jo J
28 Apr 2009 18:41

Thanks for all your help

Thanks for all your help during the development of this website, Matt. We made lots of adjustments based on your feedback and it's a better site as a result. Still lots to do to make it spot on, but we're hoping you like it and find it useful.

By Anonymous

Good luck

Hi Jo,

I'm glad to hear that my feedback was useful and to see the finished product.

I wanted to come to the launch event but sadly couldn't make it, due to a busy schedule.

Please let me know if you ever need further feedback.

Keep up the good work.

Matt

By Emile Facey
14 May 2009 13:41

Energy saving bulbs and megraine

I think this is a great idea and have changed quite a few bulbs in our flat to energy saving models.

What's your take on the new bulbs being potentially bad for migraine sufferers? I have a family history of migraine and am a bit concerned that if I change all of my bulbs I may start to suffer from them.

By a.loxham
25 Mar 2010 16:17

Low Energy, High Output lighting systems

Dr Faiz Rahman [Glasgow University] is the lead UK researcher on Light Emitting Diodes. System power required is naturally DC, and the energy source in order to be sustainable, really should be photo voltaic. That way eliminate any losses in conversion to AC.
It is sad to realize that we lag so far behind Germany in adopting PV system power generation. They are the world leaders, yet in the UK we have not even started. New concept light collectors and light capture methods mean it will be economic to harvest this energy even in our sometimes gloomy homeland. (GB & D have similar light levels). An exciting future for new type lighting systems.