Engines of energy innovation: Smaller manufacturers of efficient lighting products

Fred Davis

Energy, 1993, vol. 18, issue 2, 185-190

Abstract: Availability of new products is essential to improving the energy efficiency of lighting systems. Without improvement in technology, the changing needs of the marketplace cannot be met. The lesser-known contributions made by new, smaller manufacturers have been providing a disproportionate share of the momentum for energy improvement in the U.S. We present case studies of the role smaller manufacturers played in introducing three innovative products to the American market: fluorescents adapted to retrofit a screw-in socket, low-harmonics electronic ballasts, and remotely ballasted compact fluorescents. In each case, the introduction spawned further development, not only in new product lines, but in whole new markets.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(93)90102-J

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