Compact Fluorescent Lighting in America: Lessons Learned on the Way to Market

Sandahl, Linda J.; Gilbride, Theresa L.; Ledbetter, Marc R.; Steward, Heidi E.; Calwell, Chris

doi:10.2172/882979

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“…Although encouraging consumer preference for green products have been reported in many surveys (Cramer, 1991;Jones, 2007), few consumers are willing to compromise performance, quality, or price in their purchasing behavior in exchange of 'greenness' (Athavaley, 2007;Nyborg et al, 2006). Second, although consumer awareness of green products has been increasing, a large number is still unfamiliar with green products or their economic and environmental benefits (Sandahl et al, 2006). For example, the Energy Star program was created in 1992, but it was reported that in 2004 only 56% of the American public could recognize the Energy Star label (Energy Star, 2008).…”

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An oligopoly model to analyze the market and social welfare for green manufacturing industry

Wang

Chen

Bidanda

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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As public concerns on sustainable economic development increase, an increasing number of manufactured products have found their environmentally preferable alternatives. In this study, we propose an oligopoly game theoretical model to analyze the competition between the green and ordinary manufacturing sectors. We identify cost efficiency and innovative design as key elements to the survival of green products. We also find that the effectiveness of Pigouvian tax and subsidy policies depend on product characteristics, market structures, as well as targeted results. Our small empirical examples on Corolla vs. Prius and Incandescent lamp vs. Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) show that our modeling results are more optimistic than real market statistics. We identify pre-equilibrium market dynamics, consumer bias towards green products, and modeling limitations as the main reasons for such differences. We also investigate the market competition and total societal welfare in the presence of tax and subsidy policy intervention. The study results not only provide guidelines and managerial insights for green producers to understand the underlying factors that determine the competitiveness of green products in the market but also benefit policy makers by quantitatively showing the effectiveness of tax and subsidy policies in promoting green products. Keywordsgame theory, oligopoly model, market competition, tax and subsidy, social welfare, sustainable manufacturing Disciplines Industrial Engineering | Systems EngineeringComments NOTICE: This is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Cleaner Production, 85, December (2014) NOTICE: This is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Cleaner Production, 85, December (2014), doi: We identify pre-equilibrium market dynamics, consumer bias towards green products, and modeling limitations as the main reasons for such differences. We also investigate the market competition and total societal welfare in the presence of tax and subsidy policy intervention.The study results not only provide guidelines and managerial insights for green producers to understand the underlying factors that determine the competitiveness of green products in the market but also benefit policy makers by * Hu (corresponding author) an Assist...

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Section: Competitiveness Of Green Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An oligopoly model to analyze the market and social welfare for green manufacturing industry

Wang

Chen

Bidanda

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Compact fluorescent lamps once held great promise as a means to reduce lighting energy consumption, but market acceptance was poor. This was largely because the products did not perform as consumers expected (Sandahl et al, 2006). Among these expectancies was the belief that compact fluorescent lamps could cause health problems (Beckstead and Boyce, 1992).…”

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Cognitive and Eye Movement Effects on Viewers of Temporal Light Modulation From Solid-State Lighting

Veitch

2019

PROCEEDINGS OF the 29th Quadrennial Session of the CIE

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Temporal light modulation, (TLM) of lighting systems is known to affect human visual perception, neurobiology, and performance. This experiment measured Stroop cognitive performance, reading performance, eye movements , discomfort, and phantom array perception during exposure to each of nine TLM conditions chosen to contrast conditions varying in TLM frequency, modulation depth, or duty cycle and based on predictions drawn from the IEEE S1789-2015 recommendations. Data from 50 adult participants aged 18-65 revealed small effects mostly in predicted directions. The results support the recommendation that lower modulation depths are preferable over higher, and add to our knowledge by showing that duty cycle could also influence outcomes and that the phantom array can be detected under photopic conditions. This underlies the importance of taking a lighting systems approach to studying TLM and considering a range of effects. Future research should increase statistical power by increasing task difficulty, and duration of exposure. More naturalistic viewing conditions, such as a greater range of eye and head motion, would improve the generalizability of the work.

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“…Research in psychology provides evidence that customer decisions, including pro-environmental behavior, can be influenced by the specific context of the choice situation, including factors such as purchase incentive programs, design features that encourage sustainable thinking, environmental labeling, and sustainability education [see 9,10,11,12]. A firm that invests in developing these context factors may boost demand for sustainable products.…”

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An Investigation of Sustainability, Preference, and Profitability in Design Optimization

MacDonald

Whitefoot

Allison

et al. 2010

Volume 1: 36th Design Automation Conference, Parts a and B

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Customer preferences for sustainable products are dependent upon the context in which the customer makes a purchase decision. This paper investigates a case study in which fifty-five percent of survey customers say they prefer recycled paper towels, but do not purchase them. These customers represent a profit opportunity for a firm. This paper explores the impact of investing capital in activating pro-environmental preferences on a firm’s profitability and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through a multi-objective optimization study. A product optimization is designed to include models of carbon dioxide emissions, manufacturing costs, customer preference, and technical performance. Because the optimization includes a tradeoff between recycled paper and performance, a model of customer preferences, and a market of competing products, the maximum GHG reduction occurs at less than 100% recycled paper. Also, the tradeoff between GHG reductions and profit is not dictated by the configuration of the product, but instead by its price. These results demonstrate the importance of including customer preferences with engineering performance in design optimization. Investment in the activation of pro-environmental preferences is high at all points on the Pareto optimal frontier, suggesting that further engineering design research into the activation of pro-environmental product preferences is warranted.

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Compact Fluorescent Lighting in America: Lessons Learned on the Way to Market

Cited by 27 publications

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An oligopoly model to analyze the market and social welfare for green manufacturing industry

An oligopoly model to analyze the market and social welfare for green manufacturing industry

Cognitive and Eye Movement Effects on Viewers of Temporal Light Modulation From Solid-State Lighting

An Investigation of Sustainability, Preference, and Profitability in Design Optimization

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