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CONSUMER QUESTIONS:

#1 - As a consumer, what do you think have been the most important changes in lighting technology in the past 30 years?

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#2 - Have you purchased energy-efficient lighting devices for your home? Do you use them at work? Please give us specific examples if possible.

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#3 - Give specific examples of instances in which you were satisfied or dissatisfied with energy-efficient lighting technology and explain why. Did the technology meet your expectations?

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#4 - What convinced you to purchase energy-efficient lighting? (Print ads, packaging, radio, TV, Web, other?)

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#5 - Have you obtained efficient lamps through a promotional program sponsored by a government agency or an electric utility? If so, please describe the program.

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#6 - Have you replaced entire lighting fixtures in order to use more efficient bulbs? If not, would you consider doing so?

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GENERAL QUESTIONS:

#7 - What effect did the Energy Crisis of the 1970s have on your use of lighting?

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#8 - Some energy-efficient lighting products have become associated with problems such as torchier fires, mercury content, and "light pollution." What concerns (if any) do you have about efficient lighting?

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#9 - Adopting efficient lighting seems to require producers, conveyors, and consumers to think about illumination in new ways. Do you see evidence of new approaches to lighting in society at large? Have you, as a consumer, changed your notions about lighting in your daily life?

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#10 - Has using energy-efficient light bulbs led you to consider energy issues when you buy other products? Can you give examples?

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#11 - In your experience, has the environmental movement helped create demand for efficient lighting? Can you cite any specific examples?

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#12 - Are there questions we should ask that you didn't see on this form? Please be specific, and remember to answer your own question.

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