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Incandescent lamps, 2024 determination
The information below relates solely to the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Incandescent Lamps for General Lighting Services) Determination 2024 that commences on 4 October 2025.
You can register models to this determination from 4 October 2024.
Overview
Energy-efficient lighting can create significant savings in energy use, household bills and greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Determinations support the development of energy-efficient lighting products and delivers quality and consistency to consumers.
At a Glance
To fully understand legislative requirements, we encourage you to review the determination and its Explanatory Statement. Determination documents, including the statement, can be accessed from the Federal Registration of Legislation using the link in the table below.
| Determination | Minimum Energy Performance Standards | Energy Rating Label |
|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Incandescent Lamps for General Lighting Services) Determination 2024 | Yes | While there are no Energy Rating Label requirement other labelling requirements do apply. |
This determination:
- increases Minimum Energy Performance Standards
- widens the range of the products to be in scope (including carbon filament lamps)
- narrows the range of low power decorative incandescent lamps available for sale
- phases out a range of halogen lamps (non-directional and directional) that will no longer be compliant
- changes the scope of low voltage lamps
- allows a grandfathering period for existing stock products imported into or manufactured in Australia for five years (beginning from 4 October 2025)
- allows for product family registration (up to 8 models)
Suppliers can continue to sell existing registered models. These requirements take effect when a model needs to be registered for sale in Australia.
Legislation
In Australia, this product is regulated under the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012.
New Zealand does not regulate this product. Visit the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority website for more information.
What products are covered?
Products covered under this determination include incandescent lamps used in general lighting services in the product classes.
Refer to section 13 of the determination for more details.
Technical requirements
Review the determination and standards for testing and Minimum Energy Performance Standards requirements.
The following standards are referenced in this determination and are available for purchase online. The version of the standards that apply are the versions that existed on the date when the Determination was registered.
Minimum Standards
The Minimum Energy Performance Standards for this product are established in AS 4934.2-2021 Incandescent lamps for general lighting services – Part 2: Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) requirements.
Testing your product
Your product class must be tested in accordance with determination and standard. The testing requirements depend on the class and characteristics of the model, and are established in section 17, 20 and 24 of the determination.
Labelling requirements
If you are supplying or offering to supply these products in a retail store, the products labelling requirements must be meet under section 19 of the determination and section 2 of AS/NZS 4934.1:2014 in relation to light output in lumens, power in watts and average lamp lifetime.