Filipinos are now urged to use compact fluorescent lamps (CFL). This is part of the government’s “Switch to CFL” program.
CFL program is one of the seven project areas of the Philippine Energy Efficiency Project (PEEP)in line with President Gloria Macapagal’s nationwide campaign to save on fuel costs and mitigate climate change.
Free energy-saving CFL lamps will be distirbuted nationwide in exchange of the incandescent bulbs.
The “Switch to CFL” program is the first nationwide program in Asia to replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs, making the Philippines the first country in the region to be incandescent bulb-free by 2010.
The program will not only save families money but will also enable the country to save as much as P5 billion in fuel costs every year. A family can save as much as P400 a year for every incandescent bulb replaced with CFL that lasts up to 10 years.
Also, the program will reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 300,000 tons a year, thus allowing the Philippines to receive at least 200,000 tons of certified emission reduction credits annually. (PIA)
