Good advice on choosing lamps and bulbs
Choosing your lighting with care can mean a lot for daily wellbeing and the office environment.
Choose the right wattage
You won’t find A-rated energy saving bulbs and incandescents with identical wattages. So, if you want to be sure that the light is good enough, it’s a good idea to choose an A-rated bulb with a slightly higher power rating than the traditional incandescent it is replacing. The output of an energy saving bulb also decreases over the bulb’s lifetime.
Look at the chart to see the wattage of a traditional bulb corresponding to an A-rated bulb:
Choose the right socket
A-rated bulbs have the same E27 fitting as traditional bulbs (E stands for Edison screw, 27 is the diameter of the socket measured in mm). E14 sockets are mostly found on the longer candle type bulbs.
Consumer information on the packaging
Packaging of an A-rated bulb should include the EU’s energy saving label as well as details which specify the bulb’s power rating (in watts).
Page last updated 22.09.2009