Frankfurt’s Light+Building…........there and back again - along with the rest of the lighting world!

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Frankfurt’s Light+Building…........there and back again - along with the rest of the lighting world!

April 1 2012 sees the banning in Europe of the manufacture and sale of T12 fluorescent tubes.
I have upset the EU by blogging the impact of the draft legislation on reflector lamps!
MR16 and AR111 Low Voltage Tungsten Halogen Lamps to be banned in September 2013 with more efficient Infra-Red coated types not guaranteed beyond 2016.
2012 looks to be a year where we will see some significant changes in the lighting regulatory landscape.
Despite announcing an agreement Durban has failed to achieve its aims.
Having saddled us with incandescent lamp ban, the IEA now promotes Nuclear power!
Two papers presented at PLDC today bring us close to the “Holy Grail “ of a measurable value for lighting quality.
Cree’s “manifesto “ for LED lighting highlights what has gone wrong with LED marketing.
Have we lost the impetus for technological advancement?