Building Demand for Energy Efficient Products

LED lights, poised to dominate lighting technology, are a "momentum savings" success story

August 11, 2016
Carol Winkel

Carrie Cobb, market research lead for the Bonneville Power Administration briefed the Council at its August meeting on "momentum savings," energy efficiency gains through new codes and standards or shifts in market demand outside of program investments.

One of the most dramatic examples of this can be seen in the growing options in lighting. Go to any Home Depot, for example, and you'll see an entire shelf of different types and brands of energy-efficient bulbs. Growth in LED lights has been particularly impressive: Today, 1 in 4 lamps sold in the Northwest are LED. Listen to Carrie talk about what's ahead:

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Building Demand for Energy Efficient Products

LED lights, poised to dominate lighting technology, are a "momentum savings" success story