{"id":50936,"date":"2014-12-01T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0d5057a34d7080848badad4fe0690e38"},"modified":"2014-12-01T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T08:34:00","slug":"news-story-nmo-investigation-into-special-purpose-lamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=50936","title":{"rendered":"News story: NMO investigation into special purpose lamps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ecodesign<\/a> legislation is in place to promote the development of more efficient electrical products. Regulation EC<\/abbr> No 244\/2009<\/a> focuses on such requirements for non directional household lamps. The National Measurement Office (NMO<\/abbr>) assessed the compliance of special purpose lamps and their requirements with regard to the above legislation through a market surveillance project.<\/p>\n

Lamps, marketed as special purpose do not have to comply with any ecodesign efficiency requirements. The legislation requires special purpose lamps to be suitably packaged and labelled.<\/p>\n

In order to discover if the lamps were compliant the NMO<\/abbr> used a combination of market research and test purchases from a variety of sources. The lamps and packaging were subsequently assessed by NMO<\/abbr> officers.<\/p>\n

In total 44 lamps were purchased. Analysis of these lamps and the accompanying packaging showed that manufacturers were meeting their legal obligations.<\/p>\n

The NMO<\/abbr> also contacted 29 businesses supplying special purpose lamps, asking them to complete an optional questionnaire. The survey was designed to help understand the industry and show likely future trends in the market. A total of 18 completed questionnaires were received. Based upon the responses it was concluded that industry felt the special purpose lamp market is diminishing due to:<\/p>\n