In order to reduce energy consumption and promote green lighting, many countries have eliminated incandescent to promote LED lighting plan, traditional lighting has been phasing out.
As early as February 2007, Australia decided to stop using ordinary incandescent lamp in 2010, replace them with LED lighting products, Australia has become the world's first national plans to ban the use of traditional incandescent.
April 25, 2007, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn announced Canada banned the sale of incandescent light in 2012, becoming the second after Australia announced that it will ban incandescent countries.
Japan in 1998, the first implemented the "21st Century Lighting” Plan. Replacing 50% of traditional lighting with white LED lighting was expected to be completed in 2006 and 2010 LED luminous efficiency is predicted to reach 120lm / w. The Japanese government urged to strive in 2012 on April 2008 for the full realization of the conversion from incandescent to fluorescent and LED lighting.
Major countries in the world out of incandescent schematically
U.S. President Barack Obama c actively promote power environmental protection and efficient energy policy, the latest news Cree (Cree)and the U.S. Department of Defense made agreement on using LED lighting at the Pentagon. In addition, the U.S. Department of Energy established a "national semiconductor lighting research project" plan, plans to invest $ 500 million in semiconductor lighting within a decade, ensure that the United States leaded the competition in Europe and Korea and Jap lighting market in future. LED light has replaced 55% of incandescent and fluorescent lamps in 2010; LED luminous efficiency can reach 150lm / w; the use of the LED light source lighting electricity will reduce by half by 2025, saving $ 35 billion a year.
EU summit made a agreement EU countries gradually replaced incandescent