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Upgrade to a high performing T12 lamp
Upgrade your T12s to one of
Philips enhanced performance
T12s to save money and help
the environment.
Good: Philips T12 Long Life
These cool white lamps provide 20% more life
on average than standard T12 lamps
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, reducing
maintenance and recycling costs.With a 24,000 hour
rated average life
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, these lamps are ideal for places
where maintenance costs are expensive and changing
a lamp can cause disruptions.
Better: Philips 800 Series T12
These lamps provide high color rendering (82 CRI).
Their approximate initial lumens range from 2800 (34W)
to 3200 (40W), making them ideal for applications
requiring maximum continuous light output such as in
offices, industry, healthcare, schools and retail.
Best: Philips Advantage T12
These high performance lamps are ideal for applications
where high lumens, long life and high CRI are required.
The Advantage T12 lamps provide high initial lumens:
3100 (34W) to 3600 (40W); a 24,000 hours rated
average life
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; and 85 CRI.
1) When compared to a Philips standard 4'T12 34W lamp with 20,000 hours rated
average life (3 hours per start) with 2650 lumens and 62 CRI.
2) Average life under specified test conditions with lamps turned off and restarted
no more frequently than once every 3 operating hours.
*The TCLP is the US EPA’s Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
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The benefits of ALTO
®
Lamp Technology
ALTO
®
Lamp Technology combines low
mercury with long life and energy efficiency—
which together help achieve sustainability.
Low Mercury: Philips T12 fluorescent lamps
featuring ALTO Lamp Technology average
70% less mercury than the 2001 industry
average for fluorescent lamps up to sixty
inches which are not TCLP
*
compliant.
Source reduction during the manufacturing
phase is essential to mercury management
throughout the product lifecycle.
ALTO lamps use 100% recycled mercury
during the ALTO manufacturing process.
Philips also reuses as much glass and packaging
materials as possible. Philips has target
reductions in packaging and production
processes as outlined in the Annual Philips
Sustainability Report.
