Barriers to Technology Diffusion: The Case of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (Oct 2006)

Documents on Technology and Climate Change: by Nicolas Lefèvre-Marton, Philippine de T’Serclaes, Paul Waide (IEA). Artificial light production accounts for 8.9% of total global primary consumption and represents approximately 8% of world CO2 emissions. Improving the efficacy of lighting systems can therefore be an important means to lower greenhouse gas emissions. To capture the benefits of Compact Fluorescent Lamps, governments can implement policies and measures to overcome such barriers. A number of countries already have experience with such programmes. This paper considers experience from Brazil, California, China, South Africa and the United Kingdom to draw lessons and to help improve the design of future CFL and other technology diffusion programs."

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