RE: Re: CBUS and CFL's

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree - I wouldn't like being dictated to either as to how my house
will look. Lighting to me is such an important aspect of the design and
fluorescent light is awful.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gordon
> Sent: 18 January 2007 10:01
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: CBUS and CFL's
>
> GRRRRRRRRR.......
>
> So one just has to change the fittings as well as the bulbs once his
> back is turned then.... Goddammit I *won't* be dictated to by these
> petty Hitler's.... (I'll budget an extra couple of grand or so to
cover
> the cost of replacing every CFL fitting & bulb into the overall
build
> budget...)
>
> Or can the quota be met entirely with lamps (table lamps, standard
> lamps
> etc.) rather than with permanent fixtures? - Quick trip to a well
known
> Swedish superstore to pick a dozen "Mung" lamps which can
all go
> straight in the skip once the BCO has left?...
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of
> > Allan Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:53 PM
> > To: UKHA_D Group
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: CBUS and CFL's
> >
> > All new house builds have to comply wih Part L for energy
efficency.
> > Part of this dictates that a certain percentage of the light
fittings
> > *must* use low energy bulbs *but* you can't use GU10 fittings as
part
> > of the quota because the regulation also states that the fittings
> must
> > only
> > be designed for for energy efficient bulbs (to stop people simply
> > swapping bulbs back to "normal" bulbs once the BCO have
signed it
> off).
> > Cheers
> > Allan
> >
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