EUGPPCriteriaforIndoorLighting-Motivanhankintapalvelu.docVIP

EU GPP Criteria for Indoor Lighting Green Public Procurement (GPP) is a voluntary instrument. This document provides the EU GPP criteria developed for the Indoor Lighting product group. The accompanying Technical Background Report provides full details on the reasons for selecting these criteria and references for further information. For each product / service group two sets of criteria are presented: The core criteria are those suitable for use by any contracting authority across the Member States and address the key environmental impacts. They are designed to be used with minimum additional verification effort or cost increases. The comprehensive criteria are for those who wish to purchase the best products available on the market. These may require additional verification effort or a slight increase in cost compared to other products with the same functionality. Definition and Scope This document covers procurement actions for indoor lighting. For the purposes of these criteria, indoor lighting is defined as covering lamps, luminaires (light fittings) and lighting controls installed inside buildings. The criteria do not cover the following specialist types of lighting: Coloured lighting Display lighting for museums and art galleries Emergency exit lighting External lighting of any type Illuminated signs Lighting fixed to machinery or equipment Lighting for plant growth Lighting for televised sport Lighting for visually impaired persons with special lighting needs Lighting of historic buildings or monuments Specialist medical lighting to carry out examination or surgery, for example in hospitals, medical centres, or doctors’ and dentists’ surgeries. Stage lighting in theatres and TV studios Lighting of these specialist types should not be included in the lighting power density calculations in lighting design criteria 2 and 3. Replacement lamps form the majority of regular procurement, and criteria have been proposed for energy efficiency, lamp lifetime, mercury