Hong Kong Energy Efficiency Labelling scheme for
Compact Fluroescent Lamps

Since April 1996, you can find energy labels displayed on some popular household electrical appliances in the market. These energy labels provide the appliance's energy consumption and efficiency data to the consumers.

In December 1998, a new "Recognition Type" Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme has been launched for compact fluorescent lamps.

What is a "Recognition Type" Energy Label?
It looks like this:

The "Recognition Type" energy labels do not provide any energy data but instead, they recognize the labelled compact fluorescent lamps have met the following minimum energy efficiency and performance requirements of the labelling scheme:

• the lamp meets the Scheme's minimum luminous efficacy
• the rated average life of the lamp is not to be less than 8,000 hours
• the lamp's light output at 2,000 hours is not to be less than 78% of the initial output
• the lamp complies with the Electrical Products (Safety) Regulation and appropriate international safety standards.