Efficient Products Program - Lighting
Metal Halides
The new generation of efficient metal halide and pulse-start metal halide lamps can mean big savings: 10% over standard metal halides and 30% over mercury vapor lamps.
Plus, pulse-start metal halide lamps deliver excellent lighting at levels that remain constant over time.
Save money
Hydro-Québec rebate
| Replacement product | Rebate |
|---|---|
| Efficient metal halide lamp (150- or 360-W) | $5/lamp |
| Fixture with metal halide lamp | $20/fixture*
Includes $5 rebate on metal halide lamp. |
| Fixture with pulse-start metal halide lamp | $40/fixture |
Typical savings
| Before | After | Energy savings | Rebate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 standard 400-W metal halide lamps | 25 efficient 360-W metal halide lamps | $338/year*
Assumptions
Electricity rate: 9¢/kWh Time used: 3,750 hours |
$125 |
| 25 fixtures with 400-W mercury vapor lamps | 25 fixtures with 250-W metal halide lamps | $1,308/year*
Assumptions
Electricity rate: 9¢/kWh Time used: 3,750 hours |
$500 |
| 25 fixtures with 400-W metal halide lamps | 25 fixtures with 250-W pulse-start metal halide | $1,308/year*
Assumptions
Electricity rate: 9¢/kWh Time used: 3,750 hours |
$1,000 |
You can't lose
- Better light quality, distribution and color rendering
- Longer service life
- Less heat given off
- Environmentally friendly (lower mercury content)
Pulse-start metal halides are even better
- Great luminous efficacy
- Constant lighting levels over time
- Very little variation in color temperature
- Quicker pulse start and shorter restart time
Special applications
Thanks to their constant lighting level over time and very high color-rendering index, fixtures that use this type of lamp are great for high-ceilinged areas such as these:
- Gyms
- Halls
- Atriums
- Museums
- Factories
- Superstores
- Grocery stores