Switching to LED: What Can It Save You?
Some of us resist the switch to efficient lighting, even some who embraced the compact fluorescent, just can’t seem to accept LED lighting around the house.
LEDs Change Thinking About the Light Bulb
Lights are no longer just for lighting. With the development of LED lamp technology, the lowly light bulb is doing more than turning on and off. A lamp can be the centerpiece of an environment [...]
Shift In Lighting Technologies to Dim Energy Use By End of Decade, says IHS
A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years, [...]
LEDs Turn Out The Light On Incandescents And CFLs
Most people have accepted that it’s all but over for old incandescent bulbs. But CFLs—compact fluorescent bulbs, the titular replacements for incandescents—may be rapidly becoming extinct [...]
LEDs Boost Economy In Many Ways
Watch industry news these days and one topic comes up time and again: LED lighting. And for once the talk is all positive. In fact, practically every sector that has something to say about it [...]
Shine On, You Crazy Lightbulbs
The other day I found myself at a loss in the light bulb aisle of my hardware store. I might as well have been shopping for a carburetor. There were too many options with too many symbols and [...]
Short Guide to Choosing LED Lights
After 134 years, the incandescent light bulb has finally outlived its usefulness. Incandescent bulbs are disappearing from store shelves in the US and many more will be gone within a few months. [...]
DOE Releases Report On LED Environmental Testing
From Light Directory, March 29th, 2013 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new study addressing the potential environmental impacts from landfill disposal of three light-source [...]
Buying Bulbs, Saving for Our Future
By Monique O’Grady This year’s holiday electric bill will probably be a belated gift. This Department of Energy stat shows why: the estimated electricity cost to light a 6-foot tree with [...]
