The 4W GU10 LED from GE Lighting is the first retrofit LED lamp to gain approval by the Energy Saving Trust's product certification scheme. Consuming only 4 Watts of power and allowing 80% energy savings to be achieved, this landmark approval demonstrates GE Lighting's commitment and vision to deliver groundbreaking lighting technology that saves energy; maintenance costs and reduces environmental impact.

The GU10 LED lamp is now an Energy Saving Trust Recommended certified product. Designed to retrofit international standard size and shape reflector lamps, the GU10 LED lamp opens the door to dramatic energy savings and maintenance cost reductions, with a rated lifetime of 15,000 hours.

Unlike other retrofit LED lamps on the market, the GU10 LED lamp has been shown to meet a variety of stringent criteria set by the Energy Saving Trust including beam angle, candela, colour rendering, power factor, colour temperature and physical size and shape. The Energy Saving Trust Recommended scheme only certifies the highest performing products that make a significant contribution to energy savings. All products have to be verified by Third Party Test laboratories to gain Energy Saving Trust Recommended approval. "We are delighted with the approval from the Energy Saving Trust and it is a significant milestone in the evolution of LEDs," explained Mike Barrett, Commercial Director, UK & Nordic Region at GE Lighting. "This is the first time an LED lamp has been awarded approval by the Energy Saving Trust Recommended scheme and GE Lighting has set a high standard for the industry by demonstrating what high quality, well designed LEDs in the appropriate application can achieve."

The 4W retrofit GU10 LED lamp is just one product in a range of LED retrofit lamps from GE Lighting. The company has long pioneered advanced lighting technologies with higher efficiency, reduced maintenance costs and less environmental impact.

The approval of its GU10 LED lamp by the Energy Saving Trust is a testament to GE Lighting's Ecomagination initiative to bring new technologies to the market to help solve the world's toughest environmental challenges.

The Energy Saving Trust Recommended scheme’s Category Marketing Manager, Toni de la Motta states, “We are pleased that GE lighting has taken this step to be the first manufacturer to certify a LED lamp on the scheme. This will undoubtedly help us to meet our objective of reducing carbon emissions from the household sector by making the most energy efficient products available to consumers.”

For further information on the GU10 LED lamp from GE Lighting visit www.gelighting.com/eu/led and to see its listing on the Energy Saving Trust website visit: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/

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