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Large-scale efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the adoption of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) continue to gain strength in Asia. At the same time, worldwide CFL production has increased from 500 million lamps in 2000 to more than 3 billion lamps in 2008, with China becoming by far the world’s largest producer.
However, the rapid increase in the production of CFLs has lead to serious concerns about product quality in Asia. A large proportion of the CFLs available in the region are of poor quality, negating their efficiency benefits and leading to consumer dissatisfaction with the product category as a whole.
To address and better understand these issues, the USAID ECO-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program (ECO-Asia) has released two important reports on energy-efficient lighting in Asia.
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April 11, 2010
