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India: Energy efficiency labelling of tubular fluorescent lamps enforce

march 2018 - Relevant for:Electrical & electronics INDUSTRY

On March, the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) published the regulation on mandatory energy star labelling program of tubular fluorescent lamps for general lighting services.

The regulation covers all wattages with dimension between 1100 mm - 1500 mm of which colour temperature is 6500K for halo-phosphate category, and 2700K, 4000K and 6500K for tri-phosphate categories. 

The covered lamps shall be affixed such particulars on labels which is indicated in the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Particulars and Manner of their Display on Labels of Tubular Fluorescent Lamps) Regulations, 2018.

The date of enforcement of this regulation is 1^st July 2018 while the compliance date of new requirements is proposed on 1^st Jan 2019.

More details are available on the official website here.