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Developed by New Zealand energy efficiency company Energy Mad, the high power factor, low mercury and long life Ecobulb® light bulbs are some of the highest performing Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) available.
Ecobulb® has become the highest selling CFL on the New Zealand market. Over 3.5 million Ecobulb® light bulbs have been sold and installed in New Zealand households via Ecobulb® projects. This equates to five Ecobulb® lamps in over 55% of New Zealand homes.
Over their lifetimes Ecobulb® light bulbs are saving the equivalent in electricity to power 350,000 households in one year. This translates to $331 million worth of consumer electricity and 1.29 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (equal to removing 300,000 cars from the road for one year).
At Energy Mad we strive to make our products the safest, most environmentally friendly CFLs available. Ecobulb® light bulbs contain some of the lowest mercury amalgam levels of any CFL (less than 1.5mg per standard bulb) and if accidentally broken, are designed to contain any amalgam within the glass casing.
Unlike normal CFLs with a power factor of 0.5 – 0.6, the 0.93 power factor Ecobulb® was specifically developed to increase the peak load savings for electricity utility companies when implementing CFL projects. The high power factor Ecobulb® also has dramatically lower harmonic emissions relative to low power factor CFLs – and therefore avoids the power cuts that can result from high numbers of normal power factor CFLs.
Consequently, various electricity retail and distribution companies, along with the New Zealand Government’s Electricity Commission, have been key partners in implementing Ecobulb® projects in New Zealand. Ecobulb® projects have been implemented in conjunction with Foodstuffs supermarket stores (Pak’n Save, New World and Four Square), and from Shell service station outlets.
Ecobulb® products are currently also available in Australia, the United States, Singapore and will shortly be launched in the EU. |
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