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Presentation toElectrical Leaders Forum

21 May 2009

Bryan DouglasChief Executive Officer

Lighting Council Australia

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Presentation

•A few words about Lighting Council•Relentless drive for energy efficiency

•Phase-out of inefficient lamps•Greenlight Australia

•LEDs and proposed SSL Quality Scheme•Other topical issues

•Waste, mercury•Education

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A few words about Lighting Council…•Peak body for Australia’s lighting industry•60 member companies- luminaire manufacturers/suppliers- lamp suppliers- control gear manufacturers/suppliers- retailers•Formed in 2001 (part of AEEMA)•Incorporated as separate industry association November 2007•Recently instituted a Code of Conduct binding on all members

- emphasis on supply of energy efficient, safe product that conforms to Australia’s regulatory requirements

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Equipment and building energy efficiency firmly on Government’s agenda

Draft National Strategy for Energy Efficiency:

“This Strategy encompasses early action in the commercial and residential sectors to significantly improve the energy efficiency of new buildings from 2010 and also to phase-in mandatory disclosure commencing in 2010. This early action will be followed by major reforms to the building standard setting and rating system in 2011…”

“Phase-out inefficient lighting products in the Australian market, commencing with incandescent globes”

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Lamp phase-out in Australia

• Government on track to ban inefficient incandescent lamps

• Ban on importation 1 February 2009

• Ban on sale November 2009

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Scope of phase-out

Phase-out of inefficient lighting will apply to most lamp types:

• Tungsten filament incandescent lamps (including GLS)• Tungsten halogen – low voltage and mains voltage• Reflector & non-reflector• Candle lamps, fancy round lamps and other decorative lamps

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Phase 1 – Government’s expectations

• Conventional GLS lamps effectively eliminated from Australian marketplace• Lower efficiency low voltage halogen lamps to be removed from market place• High quality CFLs dominate• Some halogen lamps remain

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Greenlight Australia 2010-2020• Lighting Council preparing new draft• Seeking ambitious target of 25% savings in first five years, 20% in second five years

• Proposing new measures in following areas/technologies:

•Lighting design•Lighting controls•Lamps•Ballasts•New rating tools to assist lighting designers, installers, consumers•SSL Quality Scheme

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Proposed luminaire labelling scheme

(Indicative)

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LEDs

•Will have significant impact on area lighting in next 2-5 years•Great promise of efficiency and longevity•Already substitutes on market for MR16s and linear fluorescent luminaires•Ongoing issues - high cost, technical problems•Many extravagant claims about LED performance – threaten to undermine consumer confidence and impede uptake•International standards being developed but remain immature

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SSL Quality Scheme

•Lighting Council planning industry-led, voluntary scheme backed by government•Intended to provide confidence to the market that a luminaire carrying the Scheme’s label matches performance claims made by supplier:

Luminaire efficacy Light outputMeasured input power Correlated colour temperature Colour rendering indexRated life

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Waste issues

•Will impact on electrical industry•Spate of announcements in recent months – SA, Victoria, Commonwealth•SA announcement of concern - ban on all electrical product in landfill in 3 years - no consultation with industry on need for ban

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Other issues for lighting industry

•Mercury•Significant media attention – fuelled by - phase-out programs internationally•Concerns centre on:

•broken CFLs in homes•lamps entering landfill•poisoning of Chinese miners and factory workers

•Anticipate Australian Government announcement this week on mercury-containing lamps

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Thank you

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