Projected Market Impacts for the Development of Energy Efficient Retrofit/Remodel Alternatives to Incandescent Downlights work are as follows:

• Bring an energy-efficient, easily installable, high quality retrofit downlighting system into the residential/commercial market.
• Reduce lighting energy use and peak demand in homes by 10 to 30 percent from the base case.
• Increase customer choices for efficient residential/commercial lighting by putting a high-quality, easily-installable downlighting system on the market.
• Statewide potential energy savings of 2500 GW hr/year (100 percent market penetration of existing kitchen downlights - does not include commercial or other residential applications).

The new downlight design shall provide equal or better illuminance on task planes compared to existing incandescent systems. The new system shall also offer reduced overall hardware and installation costs, as well as realizing significant energy savings through the adoption of next generation compact fluorescent technologies.

The improved downlight retrofit design will reduce the installation costs and complexity of this type of system. This will provide increased adoption incentives for this technology and speed up the technology transfer process.