{"id":93965,"date":"2018-08-23T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T08:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=93965"},"modified":"2018-12-18T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:15:54","slug":"lower-energy-bills-as-eu-retires-wasteful-light-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/lower-energy-bills-as-eu-retires-wasteful-light-bulbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower energy bills as EU retires wasteful light bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>The imminent phase out of halogen light bulbs across the EU is set to deliver mammoth savings to consumers, according to Coolproducts campaigners and market experts.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>From 1 September, it may be harder to find halogen light bulbs across the EU as the shift to more efficient LED bulbs continues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Coolproducts is a campaign led by the\u00a0European Environmental Bureau\u00a0and\u00a0ECOS\u00a0 to ensure that everyday products benefit people and the environment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Coolproducts campaigners praised the move and ran an analysis to show that <strong>halogen is roughly 6.3 times more expensive to run than LED<\/strong>. They also explain why the shift to LEDs is so important.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolproducts.eu\/news\/lower-energy-bills-in-eu-households-as-wasteful-light-bulbs-are-retired\"><strong>Read our analysis\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Over a ten year time period in a UK home, we estimated that the halogen will cost over \u00a390 in replacement lamps and electricity bills. The LED, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t need to be replaced and will cost just \u00a314 for the LED lamp itself and all the electricity it\u2019ll use over that decade \u2013 all this while providing the same light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mauro Anastasio<\/strong>, a spokesperson for the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Coolproducts, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;<em>This is excellent news both for consumers and the environment. People can expect massive savings thanks to\u00a0the fact that LED\u00a0bulbs\u00a0last much longer and cost much less to run\u00a0than halogen.\u00a0<\/em><em>It&#8217;s a no-brainer.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><u><strong>Notes to editors: <\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Want to know more about\u00a0the phase out of halogen light bulbs in the EU? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolproducts.eu\/news\/lower-energy-bills-in-eu-households-as-wasteful-light-bulbs-are-retired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.coolproducts.eu\/news\/lower-energy-bills-in-eu-households-as-wasteful-light-bulbs-are-retired\">here<\/a> to read our analysis.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-93968 size-medium_large\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-260x146.png 260w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL-133x75.png 133w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Infographic-FINAL.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Links to the two lamps compared on Amazon.co.uk:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Classic-Superstar-Energy-Halogen-Dimmable\/dp\/B00NS4286E\/ref=sr_1_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halogen lamp<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Osram-Bulb-Shape-Classic-White\/dp\/B073QSYP85\/ref=pd_vtph_tr_t_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LED lamp<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The imminent phase out of halogen light bulbs across the EU is set to deliver mammoth savings to consumers, according to Coolproducts campaigners and market experts.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":93967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,3,4,140],"tags":[92,278,339],"class_list":["post-93965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-savings","category-news","category-press-release","category-product-policy","tag-climate-change","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-leds"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lightss.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}