Developers of new buildings will soon be obliged to install the Dubai Lamp, a series of new energy efficient light bulbs launched last year by Dubai Municipality and Philips Lighting.
Deployment of the bulbs will be made a basic requirement for getting the Building Completion Certificate, Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality said on Monday.
“In the beginning, we will concentrate on the new buildings, Lootah said. As regards the old buildings, we will make a study on the implementation mechanism.
The municipality will also focus on big complexes such as schools, hospitals, mosques and other big buildings,” he said.
Philips Lighting was contracted for the design, manufacture and supply of Dubai Lamp which will hit the market by the end of this year.
The bulbs offer a number of benefits, including electricity savings of up to 90 percent and an average lifespan up to 15 times longer than conventional bulbs.
The lamp is characterised as environmentally friendly as it does not contain mercury or generate heat and thus saves cooling costs and does not spread ultraviolet light.
“We have plans to replace 80% of the traditional lamps used in Dubai with the new Dubai Lamp, Lootah said. Dubai Municipality and Philips Lighting are preparing for the supply of two million Dubai Lamps for residential and professional use across the city in 2017. This could increase to 10 million lamps by 2021.
The contract is for five years, and the intellectual property rights will be divided equally between Dubai Municipality and Philips Lighting during that period.
The manufacturing and supply of lamps will start during March 2017, and will be available in four models, both in cool daylight and warm white colours: 1W Candle Lamp to replace 25W incandescent lamp, 2W Bulb to replace 40W incandescent lamp, 3W Bulb to replace 60W incandescent lamp, and 3W MR16 Spot to replace 50W halogen spots.