Philips rolls out an EISA-compliant incandescent lamp

Philips Lighting, Somerset, N.J., caught the buzz created by Earth Day this year to announce a new range of energy-efficient incandescent lamps under the EcoVantage line offering the same shape, light quality and dimmability as traditional incandescent lamps but with energy savings that meet the requirements of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. Philips pulled off the trick by using halogen technology encased in the familiar Edison globe. The result is an energy savings of at least 28 percent, with a 40W equivalent pulling only 29W, 60W equivalent at 43W and 100W equivalent at 72W. Home Depot scored an exclusive, and will be the only place consumers can buy the EcoVantage bulbs. Philips didn’t say how long that exclusive will last.