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The importance of residential lighting, generally-and CFLs specifically-in the portfolios of many program administrators warrants ongoing assessment of lessons learned in lighting program design and implementation to ensure the programs are adapting to a rapidly transforming marketplace. This paper presents findings from a review of evaluations of programs containing a CFL component, as well as in-depth interviews with program and policy experts in California and throughout the country. It describes the current thinking of 14 lighting program experts on design considerations for residential lighting programs, the benefits and risks associated with heavy reliance on upstream manufacturer buy-down approaches, and the need for market effects studies, given a rapidly transforming market for energy-efficient lighting. It concludes with program design considerations and information gaps that have the potential to influence the long-term effectiveness of residential lighting programs.

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Panels of the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Utility Regulation, Strategies, and Policies

Market Transformation: Taking Efficiency Mainstream

Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and their Implications

Energy and Environmental Policy: Planning for Greater Impacts

Strategies for Appliances, Lighting, Electronics, and Miscellaneous End–Uses

Visions of the Future: Big New Ideas for Energy Efficiency

Sustainable Communities: Systems Integration at the Community Scale