Ikea to Phase Out Incandescent Store Lighting

June 15, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 16, 2010

Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea announced Tuesday it will begin on August 1 to phase out incandescent lighting in all U.S. home furnishings stores. Target date for completion is Jan. 1.

Ikea says it would be the first U.S. retailer to completely phase out incandescent light bulbs.

"Ikea is committed to integrating sustainability into all Ikea strategies and practices in the entire product life cycle," said U.S. Ikea President Mike Ward. "We also believe our customers are looking for every day environmentally responsible solutions for themselves. Eliminating incandescents is a simple way to lead the charge for Ikea customers to use energy saving light bulbs, thus reducing energy consumption and reducing the amount of greenhouses gases. It's a little step with a big impact on our planet."
 
The IKEA phase out will come in advance of the federal legislation to phase out incandescent light bulbs takes effect in 2012.