Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)

Energy Efficiency Regulations

Regulatory definition

Compact fluorescent lamp, an integrally ballasted compact fluorescent lamp that:

• has a medium screw base, and
• has a nominal voltage of at least 100 V but not more than 130 V or a nominal voltage range that lies at least partially between those voltages

Compliance date

Manufactured on or after June 1, 2009

For models manufactured prior, refer to the Regulations

Compliant product models

Compact fluorescent lamps as listed on NRCan’s searchable database

Labelling requirements

Lamp package labelling required

Testing standard

CSA C861-10
IES LM65-10

Energy efficiency report requirements

• name of product
• brand name
• model number
• manufacturer
• name of the laboratory (accredited to test the energy performance of lighting products by either the Standards Council of Canada or the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program) that has verified the values for nominal power, luminous flux and correlated colour temperature and the name of the laboratory or manufacturing facility (accredited to test the energy performance of lighting products by either the Standards Council of Canada or the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, an A2LA certified laboratory or an ISO 9000 certified laboratory or manufacturing facility) that has
  1. if the life testing of the CFL is completed, verified the value for life provided, or
  2. if the life testing of the CFL is not completed, verified 40% of its design life and at that point in the testing not more than one unit in the test sample has failed
• whether a mathematical model as defined in the Regulations was used to generate any of the information provided below
• nominal voltage
• nominal power, expressed in watts or if it is a three-way lamp, its nominal power, expressed in watts, at each operating level
• lamp efficacy
• luminous flux, or if it is a three-way lamp, its luminous flux at each operating level
• life*, expressed in hours
• correlated colour temperature
  
  *A dealer is not required to provide information related to the life of a CFL if (a) at the time the information is to be provided the life testing of the product is not completed, but 40% of the product’s design life has been verified; and (b) the dealer provides the following:
   
  1. a statement indicating that 40% of the product’s design life has been verified
  2. the date on which life testing began
  3. the design life of the product, and the number of hours of life that have been verified
      
  Within 30 days after the day on which the life testing of the CFL is completed, the dealer must provide the following:  (a) the product’s life as verified; and (b) the name of the laboratory or manufacturing facility that performed the verification

Download the energy efficiency reporting template.

This document does not constitute part of the Energy Efficiency Act (Act) or its associated regulations.  This document is an administrative document that is intended to facilitate compliance by the regulated party with the Act and its associated regulations.  This document is not intended to provide legal advice regarding the interpretation of the Act or its associated regulations. If a regulated party has questions about their legal obligations or responsibilities under the Act or its associated regulations, they should seek the advice of legal counsel.