Compact Fluorescent Lamps
Explanation of Terms
| Information Provider | • | The company/individual (specified person) who has submitted the specified information in respect of a product model under section 6 of Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance, Cap 598. |
| Reference Number | • | The number assigned to a product model by the Director of Electrical & Mechanical Services under section 8 of the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance, Cap 598. |
| Year | • | The "Year" means the year in which the reference number is assigned or, where the energy efficiency grading is calculated in accordance with the new calculation method under section 12 of the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance, the year in which the new calculation method takes effect. |
| Brand | • | The name used by a manufacturer or importer to identify a product range. |
| Model | • | The particular name and/or number used by a manufacturer or importer to identify an individual product within a brand. |
| Energy Efficiency Grade (1 to 5) | • | The energy efficiency grade calculated in accordance with the latest edition of Code of Practice on Energy Labelling of Products. Grade 1 being the most efficient and Grade 5 being the least efficient. |
| Rated Wattage (W) | • | Means the power input of a CFL as determined and declared by the manufacturer or importer of the CFL in accordance with the standard and requirements specified in the Code of Practice on Energy Labelling of Products (approved Code of Practice). |
| Luminous Efficacy (lm/W) | • | Means a ratio of measured luminous flux emitted by a lamp to the measured electrical power consumed by the lamp as presented in the test report submitted to EMSD for assignment of reference number. |
| Rated Average Life (hr) | • | Means the life to 50% failures of a CFL model as determined and declared by the manufacturer or importer of the CFL in accordance with the standard and requirements specified in the Code of Practice on Energy Labelling of Products (approved Code of Practice). |
| Full life test report submitted | • | Whether full life test report has been submitted by the Information Provider to substantiate the rated average life of the CFL. |
| Rated Luminous Flux (lm) | • | Means the luminous flux of a CFL as determined and declared by the manufacturer or importer of the CFL in accordance with the standard and requirements specified in the Code of Practice on Energy Labelling of Products (approved Code of Practice). |
| Rated Lumen Maintenance (%) | • | Means the lumen maintenance of a CFL as determined and declared by the manufacturer or importer of the CFL in accordance with the standard and requirements specified in the Code of Practice on Energy Labelling of Products (approved Code of Practice). |
| Lamp Cap | • | The type of CFL base for making electrical connection. |
| Colour Temperature (K) | • | The colour appearance of the CFL, measured in Kelvin (K) as declared by the manufacturer or importer of the CFL. |
| Place of Manufacture | • | The place/country in which the CFL is manufactured. |
| Product being Supplied by Information Provider | • | Whether the Information Provider still supplies the product model in Hong Kong. |
| Supply Information Last Updated Date | • | The date on which the Information Provider notified the Electrical & Mechanical Services Department on whether he still supplies the product model in Hong Kong. |