Lighting Types: Incandescents are Moving Out

New legislation is making a push towards more energy efficiency when it comes to your lighting.  The traditional incandescent bulb is making it's way out and as new technology is introducing more energy efficient and longer lasting lighting solutions. 

"Traditional incandescents are a drain on a home's utility bills and are highly inefficient.  Fortunately, the lighting industry has been developing, testing and preparing bulbs that offer a greater range of light color and flexibility with longer lifespan and greater efficiency."  

So, for the next few days- I am going to educate you on some of the new replacements for those energy-eating incandescent light bulbs.  To get you started is an example of the new label required on all light bulbs and an explanation of what it all means....

Posted on Mon, July 11, 2011 by Cindy Aplanalp filed under

2 comments (Add your own)

1. Daniela wrote:
Nice, concise summray. You are quite right, the best and the most frugal are not the same at least, not yet.LED lighting technology has been advancing rapidly. There have especially been major gains in efficiency in the past year. Cost is also coming down.I have seen two LED lighting units in the lab that are hands-down winners over incandescent, halogen and fluorescent in terms of the quality of the light produced, intensity, and the variability (dimming without a red shift). One unit is a reading lamp. The other is an uplighter equivalent to a 480 watt halogen, using a fraction of the electricity. This won't be available to buy until patents are filed, but what they do for art books, tapestries and paintings has to be seen to be believed.At my blog you will find out why each type of lighting currently doesn't look quite right. You will also learn what improvements are coming.

Tue, August 7, 2012 @ 3:37 AM

2. Fadekemi wrote:
I did not know that that much of the energy goes to heat. That would exaipln why my dorm room without air conditioning the other year would get so hot and I had to turn the lights off. We are slowly replacing the bulbs in our house with more efficient ones as they go out.

Tue, August 7, 2012 @ 12:01 PM

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