2010 Taiwan area will be completely banned incandescent

January 8, 2010, Taiwan, the relevant departments will be announced, including supermarkets, department stores, supermarkets and hospitals and other public venues fully disable incandescent bulbs, but will give the industry the first half buffer period change related equipment to eliminate, and also began in 2012 a total ban on imports or production of incandescent bulbs.

Recent global warming issue sparked heated debate. According to a store manager Li Junhui said, the general energy saving lamp life, may be ten times the tungsten filament (Bai Chi) bulbs, energy-saving lamps are tungsten bulb (the light bulb) power consumption of 1/5. But the price gap is relatively large, with 100 watts of energy-saving lamps will not be expensive incandescent lamp 6 times. "

Therefore, Taiwan will be announced in January 8, 2010, including supermarkets, department stores, supermarkets, hotels, hospitals and other public places, a total ban on incandescent lamps, but there will be half a buffer period. Not only can do energy saving environmental protection, Taiwan officials assessment, if Taiwan fully replace incandescent bulbs, in addition to an annual savings of 800 million kwh, can reduce carbon dioxide emissions of nearly 500 thousand tons of carbon dioxide, the adsorption amount is equivalent to 1342 seat Daan Forest Park, or planting 27 million 840 thousand trees benefit. In addition, in 2012 will prohibit the import or production of incandescent bulbs.