Improved Efficiency Incandescent Light Bulbs

Summary

Improved Efficiency Incandescent Light Bulbs

Replacement Lamps: Improved Efficiency Incandescent vs. Standard Incandescent

An incandescent light that has increased efficiency through a stand-alone filter to recycle photons from emitted infrared light.

Synopsis:

For those who want the familiar warm incandescent lighting they've always known, the new halogen incandescent lamps offer an alternative to compact fluorescent and LED sources. They look, dim, and respond the same as the standard product. By re-directing the infrared light back to the filament efficiency is doubled (with "2X" incandescent lamps) over standard incandescent lamps, which are largely legislated out of production by 2014. These new products comply with EISA 2007 General Service Incandescent Lamp Standards for now at least. By 2020, the rules call for a further improvement in efficiency, to about 45 lumens per watt, about three times more efficient than today's bulbs, or equivalent to today's compact fluorescents. Advanced Lighting Technologies plans to introduce 2X lamps with an efficacy of 32 lm/W to the market in 2013 50W A-lamps (100W equivalents), 70W (150W), and 30W (60W), as well as some PAR lamps. In addition to doubled efficiency, they expect to achieve double the life expaectancy of normal incandescents. They expect to introduce 3X (45 lm/W) by 2017.

Energy Savings: 50%

Energy Savings Rating: Extensive Assessment What's this?

Level	Status	Description
1	Concept not validated	Claims of energy savings may not be credible due to lack of documentation or validation by unbiased experts.
2	Concept validated:	An unbiased expert has validated efficiency concepts through technical review and calculations based on engineering principles.
3	Limited assessment	An unbiased expert has measured technology characteristics and factors of energy use through one or more tests in typical applications with a clear baseline.
4	Extensive assessment	Additional testing in relevant applications and environments has increased knowledge of performance across a broad range of products, applications, and system conditions.
5	Comprehensive analysis	Results of lab and field tests have been used to develop methods for reliable prediction of performance across the range of intended applications.
6	Approved measure	Protocols for technology application are established and approved.

Details

Improved Efficiency Incandescent Light Bulbs

Replacement Lamps: Improved Efficiency Incandescent vs. Standard Incandescent

An incandescent light that has increased efficiency through a stand-alone filter to recycle photons from emitted infrared light.

Item ID: 286

Sector: Residential

Energy System: Lighting--Lamps & Ballasts

Synopsis:

Baseline Example:

Baseline Description: Average incandescent lamp
Baseline Energy Use: 40 kWh per year per unit

Comments:

58 Watts x 2.0 hrs/day = 40 kWh/year
2010 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Navigant for U.S. DOE, 2012, Table 4-1: “Estimated Inventory of Lamps in the U.S. by End-Use Sector in 2010”

Manufacturer's Energy Savings Claims: Currently no data available.

Best Estimate of Energy Savings:

"Typical" Savings: 50%
Low and High Energy Savings: 10% to 70%
Energy Savings Reliability: 4 - Extensive Assessment

Comments:

Energy Use of Emerging Technology:

20 kWh per unit per year What's this?

Energy Use of an Emerging Technology is based upon the following algorithm.

Baseline Energy Use - (Baseline Energy Use * Best Estimate of Energy Savings (either Typical savings OR the high range of savings.))

Technical Potential:
Units: unit
Potential number of units replaced by this technology: 4,000,000
Comments:

Incandescent lamps. 2010 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Navigant for U.S. DOE, 2012, Table 4-1: “Estimated Inventory of Lamps in the U.S. by End-Use Sector in 2010”. Navigant shows a nation-wide population of 2,028,184,000 general service A Type incandescent lamps in service in the residential sector in 2010. These lamps are increasingly being replaced with energy efficient compact fluorescent and LED lamps. Assume that 4% of the National population of lamps is in the Northwest and that 5% of the existing lamps will be replaced by improved efficiency incandescent lamps (for fit, orientation, or other reasons). The remainder of the population is assumed to be replaced with even more efficient LED lamps due to their consumer acceptance and rapidly reducing costs. This means a potential replacement population of slightly over 4 million lamps.

Regional Technical Potential:
0.08 TWh per year
9 aMW
What's this?

Regional Technical Potential of an Emerging Technology is calculated as follows:

Baseline Energy Use * Estimate of Energy Savings (either Typical savings OR the high range of savings) * Technical Potential (potential number of units replaced by the Emerging Technology)

First Cost: Currently no data available.

Cost Effectiveness:

Simple payback, new construction (years): N/A

Simple payback, retrofit (years): N/A

What's this?

Cost Effectiveness is calculated using baseline energy use, best estimate of typical energy savings, and first cost. It does not account for factors such as impacts on O&M costs (which could be significant if product life is greatly extended) or savings of non-electric fuels such as natural gas. Actual overall cost effectiveness could be significantly different based on these other factors.

Reference and Citations:

PNNL, 11/01/2008. Performance of Halogen Incandescent MR16 Lamps and LED Replacements
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Matt Hickman, 04/21/2011. Philips EcoVantage: Efficient, affordable and incandescent
mother nature network

GE Lighting, 01/01/2014. Frequently Asked Questions - Halogen
GE Lighting

EERE, 08/16/2013. Incandescent Lighting Basics
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

NRDC, 12/18/2013. Your Guide to More Efficient and Money-Saving Light Bulbs
Natural Resources Defense Council

Eric Moll, 01/01/2014. Energy-Efficient Bulbs: Halogen Vs. Fluorescent Vs. Incandescent
Demand Media

Rank & Scores

Improved Efficiency Incandescent Light Bulbs

There is no TAG available for this technology.