California Title 20 Light Bulbs

The appliance efficiency standards produce significant energy savings while maintaining or improving a product s usefulness.

California title 20 light bulbs.

Wh en lighting industry members talk about legislative changes the phrase as california goes so goes the country is often intoned. Fine art lamps has 248 compliant portables that will ship to california with the bulb s in the packaging. 1 2010 the california title 20 requirements for lamps and portable luminaries went into effect. Starting january 2020 california s restrictions limit light bulbs to mainly leds and cfls.

1 2018 those products manufactured on or after that date will be subject to new performance testing marking and certification. Here is a link to the new title 20 section 1004 sent to us by the cec. Fine art lamps attempted to convert all portables into title 20 compliant and were successful in virtually all cases with some very few exceptions that simply prohibited the use of the fluorescent bulb leshansky said. The energy commission also posted a frequently asked questions section for general service lamps.

In 2019 standards for the following will take effect. A reminder that title 24 title 20 in california which impacts all lighting manufacturers doing business in the golden state takes effect starting january 1 2017. Desktop computers thin clients mobile gaming systems portable all in ones notebook computers portable electric spas led light bulbs and computer monitors. Title 20 is the law in the state of california.

State regulated led lamps state regulated small diameter directional lamps and state regulated general service lamps. This impacts three main categories of lighting. California title 20 requirements for led bulbs. New regulations are soon to take effect in california for led lamps small diameter directional lamps and general service lamps.

This application note will outline the purpose of california s title 20 code what products it applies to an how to find a list of approved title 20 products. On january 1 2020 new efficiency standards for general service light bulbs went into effect. Part of a far reaching state mandate issued by the california energy commission governing appliance efficiency regulations title 20 has put into place formal requirements for lighting retailers in the state and manufacturers across north. If a product complies with title 20 that means it meets the energy efficiency standards set by the california energy commission.

Which light bulbs can be sold in california. The voluntary california quality led lamp specification is aligned with the standards of title 20 the objective of this specification is to promote lighting products that perform better than current mandatory requirements and to prepare the market for upcoming mandatory efficiency regulations. These new standards require that with some exceptions no incandescent or halogen general service light bulbs can be sold in the state.