When the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was signed into law, the United States federal government was set to phase out energy inefficient technologies in order to pursue more energy independence and reduce carbon emissions. One of the provisions of this law will have a very real impact on American consumers. This provision will effectively phase out all incandescent light bulbs from the consumer market by 2014. This form of regulation set off a firestorm of activism that led to showdowns in Washington D.C. This report analyzes the effects of this provision on society, the environment, and economics in-depth and presents the reader with a clear understanding of the breadth and depth of change this law would bring to the everyday lives of ordinary Americans.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Patterson, Samuel James
• Haroian, Carl A
• Reich, Eric James
• Furst, Justin J

Subject

• Environment
• Energy
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022612-231614

Keyword

• Energy conservation
• Energy policy
• Sustainability

Advisor

• O'Shaughnessy, James C.

Year

• 2012

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2012-02-26

Location

• Washington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright