1. The other was a mini–twist Osram, 18W, producing the same light as a 100W incandescent bulb, for NIS 36.

2. Lighting manufacturer Osram Sylvania picked up the $'00,000 tab in 2001 to overhaul a lighting system at the Jefferson Memorial that dated to the 1'60s, using the donation to celebrate the company‘s 100th year in business.

3. The leaders asked the executive European Commission to come up with proposals for saving power in office and street lighting by 2008 and in homes by 200'. The decision, hailed by environmental campaigners, is a potential business opportunity for manufacturers such as Philips and Siemens–owned Osram but risks stirring Eurosceptical complaints about EU meddling in citizens‘ lives.

4. More than 70% of this electricity is generated using fossil fuels, and in the conversion process, around 65% of that energy is wasted." Reducing wastage In short, she says: "Well over half of the carbon emitted for generating electricity is not being used to produce anything." One way to reduce this wastage, says Dhiru Galani, technical advisor at the lightbulb maker Osram, is to switch to CFLs: "If each of the 20 million households in the UK were to install only one, enough energy would be saved to close a power station." But to the customer, energy savings mean cash.