What are the key specifications and bulb styles from a product standpoint that manufacturers should be working towards?
What we need is a whole series of decorative fixtures that have a hard-wire fluorescent source. It would be best if these fixtures were designed with electronic ballasts that are dimmable and use standard incandescent dimmers. I have read that GE Global Research has created a miniature ballast that fits into a standard socket, allowing plug-in CFL’s to be used instead of the screw-in variety. This would allow fixture manufacturers to easily offer hard-wire versions of many of their fixtures. Of course, they would have to be UL tested in order to get the UL label. This would involve a development budget, but these lamps would be especially popular in California, and help homeowners there to meet the new code requirements. The other hot product area is LEDs. Smaller forward-thinking manufacturers are starting to introduce LED versions of incandescent lamps. Now that there is a white LED source available, the whole world of residential applications will open up. For example, Color Kinetic
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