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-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --
18 May 2005
International Initiative Launched on Compact Fluorescent Lamps
At the sixth International Conference on Energy Efficient Lighting (Right Light 6, Shanghai China
– 10 May 2005), more than 80 delegates participated in a special-session debate about compact
fluorescent lamps (CFLs). At this session, key lighting policy makers, practitioners, manufacturers,
researchers and academics from around the world agreed in-principle to the goals of:
• Creating a uniform testing method, covering the performance features of self-ballasted
CFLs, suitable for submission to national and international standard bodies to measure CFL
performance;
• Identifying a number of performance specifications for self ballasted CFLs to facilitate
testing comparisons and possible rationalisation of CFL performance requirements;
• Proposing these initiatives to the wider international lighting community.
Participants at the special session agreed to release this communiqué to record the outcome of their
dialogue at Right Lights 6. At this international meeting, participants agreed on five general
priorities for moving toward a harmonised test method and a number of performance requirements
for CFLs. The participants also agreed to call upon others to contribute to this vision and common
goal over the next few years. The participants agreed to report progress to the international lighting
community in November 2005.
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Participants at the special-session debate agreed to the following near-term priorities to shape the
vision for the future:
1. Testing Methodology
Through 2005 and part of 2006, the development of a test protocol for self-ballasted CFLs
building on the best of existing methodologies and developing new methods where necessary.
Participants committed to develop an agreed test procedure for submission to the International
Electrotechnology Commission for publication as an international standard. The testing
procedure will cover performance criteria ranging over energy, safety and other issues relevant
to consumer needs and expectations.
2. Performance Specifications
Through 2005 and part of 2006, the development of a number of performance specifications for
self-ballasted CFLs of increasing stringency. This framework or scale facilitates any interested
party (government, industry-operated voluntary scheme or other proponent) selecting the
performance requirements that best fit their particular needs (potentially as minimum
performance requirements or to indicate better or even best-available technology). Any CFL
scheme would still determine if and when any of these performance specifications should
operate.
3. International Test Facility Product Testing, (Proofing the Scheme)
Following the development of an agreed test method, a comparative product-testing programme
will be established to proof the test methodology, benchmark performance, and increase
capacity within testing facilities. Participants committed to identify the issues requiring
physical testing of self ballasted CFLs and to conduct such product comparative testing as is
necessary. This inclusive international comparison will be conducted at testing facilities
throughout the world. This programme will also examine testing facility accreditation and
laboratory mutual recognition issues.
4. Compliance mechanisms
Throughout 2005, procedures will be designed to demonstrate CFL compliance with the
performance level achieved under the agreed test method. A small mark will be designed to be
printed on the CFL, by the manufacturer, to reflect tested performance outcomes. This marking
system is not intended to replace existing energy-efficiency labelling or information schemes
informing consumers about CFLs. However, manufacturers could use the common mark to
indicate performance results to the global marketplace. This will assist industry and
governments to verify compliance.
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5. Informing the International Lighting Community
Throughout 2005, the development of support from all interested stakeholders for the CFL
initiative, including national governments, lighting associations and manufacturers, and
international lighting organisations. The creation of transparent procedures to enable all
stakeholders to participate actively in the process, and a commitment to report progress.
Future Engagement
The Australian Greenhouse Office commits to coordinate these processes and mobilise support
from international organisations for these activities in the longer term. IAEEL, ELI, CLASP, IIEC,
ISPQ-Europe and REEEP1 all supported the vision expressed at the special session as signified by
their logos. A number of government agencies, leading industry manufacturers and nongovernment
bodies expressed similar support.
Annex A contains a list of over 80 persons from 13 jurisdictions covering all continents of the
world that both attended the special session and supported the release of the communiqué.
Annex B contains a list of the volunteer leaders and facilitators who agreed to coordinate five
working groups created to address the key project priorities. This annexure also contains a list of
the issues facing each of the working groups. Persons interested in actively participating in any of
these groups should contact these volunteers about their capacity to help.
Annex C contains detail on how interested parties can:
• monitor developments through the APEC Energy Systems Information Service (www.apecesis.org);
• encourage others to support the initiative; and
• participate in Compact 2 to be held in Seoul Korea in November 2005;
1 International Association for Energy Efficient Lighting, Efficient Lighting Initiative, Collaborative Labeling and
Appliance Standards Program, International Institute for Energy Conservation, ISPQ-Europe, and Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency Partnership.
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ANNEX A
Participants at Right Light 6 Special Session on Harmonizing Compact Fluorescent Lamps, 10 May 2005
LAST NAME FIRST
NAME
POSITION ORGANISATION COUNTRY
Ablaza Alexander Consultant Ablaza Developmental Resource Access Philippines
Baker Chris Market Transformation
Programme
Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs
United
Kingdom
Banwell Peter EPA Energy Star USA
Bayissa Bekele Board Chairman Ethiopian Network for Sustainable
Energy Development
Ethiopia
Bayissa Bekele General Manager Nigat Mechanical Engineering SC Ethiopia
Bertoldi Paolo European Commission Italy
Bian Juan Senior Engineer - Measurement
Group, Fluorescent Development
APR
Philips Electronics Trading & Services
(Shanghai) Co Ltd
PR China
Birkhofer Hans-
Peter
Senior Director OSRAM GmbH BL MB Denmark
Chen Xinghong Investment Controller Yougot Holdings China
Chen Yan
Sheng
President and Senior Engineer China Association of Lighting Industry China
Chen Adam CFL Design Manager GE China Technology Center China
Cogan David Consulting Electrical Engineer
and APEC Energy Efficiency
Test Procedures Coordinator
(Temporary)
New Zealand
Collins Terry Senior Advisor - Product
Regulation
Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Authority
New Zealand
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LAST NAME FIRST
NAME
POSITION ORGANISATION COUNTRY
Conway Kate Member & Principal Conway & Silver Energy Assoc LLC USA
Craig Kim General Manager Allen Fluorescent Lighting Pty Ltd Australia
Craig Kim Executive Member Lighting Council Australia Australia
Deng Jenny R&D Manager RC VIVA Group China
Douglas Bryan Australian Electrical and Electronic
Manufacturers' Association
Australia
Douglas Bryan Executive Officer Lighting Council Australia Australia
Ellis Mark Mark Ellis & Assoc Australia
Ernedal Sven EU Co-director - Energy and
Environment Programme
EU-China EU-China
Fridley David Staff Scientist - Energy and
Environment Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory USA
Gao Yong
Xing
TOSPO PR China
Gooneratne Felix Asia Director International Institute for Energy
Conservation
Thailand
Graves Hilary MTP Lighting Manager Market Transformation Programme United
Kingdom
Gu Liwei Group Manager and Principal
Engineer - CFL1 Group
Philips Electronics Trading & Services
(Shanghai) Co Ltd
PR China
Guan Fumin GFL Lighting Group China
Harteveld Peter Program Manager - CFL & GLS
Asia Pacific
Philips Electronics Hong Kong Ltd China
He Ping Programme Manager United Nations Development Program PR China
Hinge Adam Managing Director Sustainable Energy Partnerships USA
Holt Shane Director - Equipment and
Appliances Team & NAEEEC
Chair
Australian Greenhouse Office Australia
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LAST NAME FIRST
NAME
POSITION ORGANISATION COUNTRY
Hua Benjaming Director and Senior Engineer National Lighting Test Center China
Lambert Kevin Programme Development
Manager
Future Energy Solutions United
Kingdom
Lane Kevin MTP Knowledge Manager Market Transformation Programme United
Kingdom
Ledbetter Marc Program Manager, Energy
Science and Technology
Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory USA
Li Ying Engineer National Lighting Test Center PR China
Li Zhu Project Manager ISPQ Europe United
Kingdom
Li Aizhen Director and Senior Engineer -
Development Department
China Standard Certification Center China
Li Tienan CECP China
Li Aixian CNIS China
Lin Jiang Staff Scientist - Energy and
Environment Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory USA
Lin Lucia Xiamen Hi-Light Lighting Co Ltd PR China
Loane Russell Managing Director Eye Lighting Australia Pty Ltd Australia
Loane Russell Chairman Lighting Council Australia Australia
Lou Xin China Association of Lighting Industry China
Lui Xiang Yi Product Evaluation Manager OSRAM China Lighting Co PR China
Lui Jingru Energy Research Institute, NDRC China
Lui Hong Deputy Director and Senior
Researcher
SDRC/UNDP/GEF China Green Lights
Project PMO
China
Nadel Steven Executive Director American Council for an Energy Efficient
Economy
USA
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LAST NAME FIRST
NAME
POSITION ORGANISATION COUNTRY
Pedersen Poul Department Manager - Light &
Optics
Delta Denmark
Phon-
Amnuaisuk
Sommai Senior Project Manager International Institute for Energy
Conservation (IIEC)
Thailand
Phumaraphand Napaporn Economic Level 11 Electricity Generating Authority of
Thailand
Thailand
Qi Nancy Engineer National Lighting Test Center PR China
Qi Xiaoming Director, Fluorescent
Development APR
Philips Electronics Trading & Services
(Shanghai) Co Ltd
PR China
Qu Su hui Director and Senior Engineer Beijing Electric Light Sources Research
Institute
PR China
Schwartz Peter Principal Peter Schwartz & Associates USA
Shepherd Sylvia Assistant Director - Lighting,
Equipment and Appliances Team
Australian Greenhouse Office Australia
Slade Melanie Business Manager Future Energy Solutions United
Kingdom
Sng Richard Senior Manager - Marketing &
Product
OSRAM Pte Ltd Singapore
Sturm Russell Principal Projects Officer,
Environmental Finance Group,
Environmental & Social
Development Department
International Finance Corp USA
Sujan Shyam Secretary General Electric Lamp and Component
Manufacturer' Assn of India
India
Sun Qingbo Team Leader - Circuit Design
Team, Light Source R&D Center
Panasonic R&D Centr Suzhou Co Ltd PR China
Tao Ming Hua Shanghai Viva Home Improvement Co
Ltd
China
Thorne
Amann
Jennifer Senior Associate American Council for an Energy Efficient
Economy
USA
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LAST NAME FIRST
NAME
POSITION ORGANISATION COUNTRY
Tilbury David Executive Member Lighting Council Australia Australia
Tilbury David Managing Director Intralux Australia
Wang Zhuo China Association of Lighting Industry China
Wang Zhuo Project Manager UNDP/GEF China Green Lights Project
PMO
China
Wei ZhenDi Quality Controller Fei Xin Lighting Co Ltd PR China
Xiang Zhou Group Manager and Senior
Engineer - Process Group,
Fluorescent Development APR
Philips Electronics Trading & Services
(Shanghai) Co Ltd
PR China
Yan Ellis President Technical Consumer Products Inc USA
Yang Zheng Deputy Director and Senior
Engineer
National Lighting Test Center China
Yong Qing Lai General Manager Fuzhou Yongdeji Lighting Appliance Co
Ltd
PR China
Yuan Jim Researcher - Strategy
Development Center
VIVA Group China
Zhang Yingchun Vice Director - Light Source
R&D Center
Panasonic R&D Centr Suzhou Co Ltd PR China
Zhang Wei Engineer, Mechanical &
Appearance, Development
Department B, R&D Center
Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co Ltd China
Zhang Guoquin Project Manager - Development
Department
China Certification Center for Energy
Conservation Products
China
Zhang Cheng TI Manager - REDP National Development and Reform
Commission
PR China
Changzhou Pookin Lighting Electrical
Appliance Group Co Ltd
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ANNEX B
List of Volunteer Leaders and Facilitators
Working Group Title Leader Facilitator
Coordinator Stuart Jeffcott China Green
Lights
Testing Methodology Li Tienan
Li Aixian
CECP (China)
CNIS (China)
Jiang Lin CLASP (LBNL)
Performance specifications Mark Ellis MEA (Australia) David Fridley CLASP (LBNL)
International test facility
product testing
Terry Collins EECA (NZ) Kevin Lane MTP (UK)
Compliance mechanisms Shane Holt
Noah Horowitz
AGO (Australia)
NRDC (USA)
David Cogan APEC ESIS
Informing the international
lighting community
Paolo Bertoldi JRC (EU)
Peter du Pont APEC ESIS,
ELI,
REEEP Asia
Standards
Network
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ANNEX C
About the International CFL Initiative
Contact information
Secretariat
Mr. Shane Holt
Energy Efficiency Manager – Appliances and Equipment
Australian Greenhouse Office
Shane.Holt@deh.gov.au
Web-Based Home for the Initiative
For more updates on the International CFL Initiative, and information on how you can join the
initiative, you can visit the web page at www.apec-esis.org. Initially, this will be a basic web page
for posting information and updates. During mid-2005, it will be transformed into a Community of
Practice, with collaboration tools to facilitate a more interactive dialogue and discussion among the
range of stakeholders (regulators, suppliers, experts, advocates) involved in the initiative.
Next Steps
The next major meeting on the International CFL Initiative will be Compact 2, which will be held in
Seoul Korea in November 2005. Stay tuned to the web site for more information and details.
International CFL Harmonisation Initiative Communiqué
6th International CFL Harmonisation Initiative
Stakeholder Progress, Reporting and Planning Workshop
On 2-3rd April 2007, over 80 delegates from 13 economies attended the 6 th International CFL Harmonisation Initiative Stakeholder Progress, Reporting and Planning Workshop in Xiamen, China. This forum was incorporated within the APEC Conference on International Lighting Initiatives to Reduce Trade Barriers and is the sixth in a series of such events first held in May 2005.
The goal of the International CFL Harmonisation Initiative (CFLI) is to increase the availability of higher quality, energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps around the world. Stimulating CFL sales will dramatically reduce the energy consumption of household lighting and abate greenhouse emissions. At the launch of the CFLI in Shanghai in May 2005, participants agreed to work toward:
• Creating a single international testing method to measure the performance characteristics of CFLs including energy efficiency;
• Agreeing discrete performance levels or "efficiency bands" to help align future efficiency schemes;
• Developing protocols to further enhance compliance of CFLs with stated performance;
• Informing the wider international lighting community of this work.
Significant progress has been made since this important initiative was launched 2 years ago, but added urgency is now placed on rapid progress by the CFLI in the light of recent announcements by a number of economies to phase-out lower efficiency lamps, creating an urgent need for the development of mechanisms to ensure CFL quality and to initiate debate on items such as mercury content. The Xiamen event reported the latest progress of all CFLI activities and acted as the focal point to endorse actions planned over the coming period.
Reporting of progress at the forum included:
Test Procedure Protocol
• Revisions to the IEC 60969 test procedure for CFLs proposed by the CFLI were submitted to the IEC in October of 2006 by the Australian IEC representative. Approximately 140 technical comments have been received on the draft from IEC representatives from around the world. These comments are currently under review with a revised committee draft document expected at the end of April.
Verification of Protocol
• Eight laboratories from around the world are undertaking testing of CFLs to verify the proposed revisions to the IEC protocol. Seven laboratories have completed the "100 hour" tests and five laboratories have completed the "2,000 hour" tests.
• Analysis of results demonstrates that much of the proposed testing protocol is clearly understood and can be effectively used by test laboratories. However, issues have been identified with testing voltages used; the point at which tests are deemed to begin; the point of lamp stability; and the interpretation of the data from the proposed starting time test.
• Analysis of the results also indicates that the geographical location or level of accreditation of the laboratories appears to have little impact on the comparability of results submitted.
Performance Specifications
• In response to comments received during the Washington CFLI stakeholder forum in October 2006 and the extensive consultation that followed, proposals were made for the terms of reference of a working group to develop 3 Tiers of CFL Performance based on a set of "standard" operating conditions. The lowest Tier would have few criteria defining performance. Additional "bolt-on" operating conditions would be developed to offer the opportunity to standardise specifications in differing environments.
Compliance Mechanisms
• Details were given of the development process of the overall proposed Compliance Framework and proposals made on the draft protocol for CFL scheme entry.
Extensive discussions on all aspects of the CFLI reporting and planned activities resulted in delegates agreeing on the following outcomes from the forum:
Test Procedure Protocol
• To increase input to the IEC committee reviewing the protocol (34A) through their national representatives of delegates, hence ensuring the revision process adequately represents wider interests, the CFLI committed to supplying names of all national delegates and to post the revised committee draft of the protocol as soon as it is available.
• For the CFLI to make a formal submission to the IEC at their meeting at the end of April 2007 based on laboratory results, analysis and feedback from the laboratories undertaking the protocol verification testing and comments received from other stakeholders.
Performance Specifications
• For the CFL manufacturers (led by the China Association of Lighting Industry) to make proposals for at least 2 Tiers of CFL Performance, the lower Tier defining a potential internationally acceptable minimum standard for CFLs, and the upper Tier defining a premium performance level. Proposals are to be made within 4-6 weeks of the close of the conference with a following period of widespread consultation among all stakeholders. Following a further round of revisions, finalised proposals for at least a 2 Tier CFL performance system may be agreed and submitted to the IEC by September 2007.
Compliance Mechanisms
• For the CFLI to continue to develop the compliance framework and to develop protocols for scheme administration and market supervision, and the exchange of data on CFL compliance and performance.
• Investigations will be made into economies that may agree to pilot the protocols. New Zealand agreed to examine the potential to apply the Initial Scheme Entry protocol in their jurisdiction.
In addition an agreement was signed between a number of CFL manufacturers and their representative bodies, CFL testing and certification centres, and the Asia Clean Development and Climate Programme. The agreement aims to work towards harmonisation of testing procedures and development of a common set of performance specifications for CFLs that can be voluntarily applied across the ASEAN countries and perhaps later more broadly across Asia.
Dates of further CFLI events are dependent on developments in particular project elements with provisional agreement reached for small forums on individual elements. A final forum is provisionally planned for March 2008 in Shanghai, China.
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