Efficient Light Bulb Wars Look Far From Over
Natural Resources Defense Council takes a look at how the House of Representatives seems to be wasting time on issues around light bulbs once again, when much more pressing matters should be considered. Read more →
Designer CFL Invites You To Lose The Lampshade
The Plumen is one light bulb that you'll never want to hide under a lampshade. Read more →
Future Bulb With Retro Look Has Style, Efficiency
The brain child of industrial designer Elie Ahovi, "Lit" looks just like the same old light bulb, but it's much smarter. Read more →
LED First: Switch’s 100W-Equivalent Hits Market
Switch Lighting starts selling a 100-watt equivalent LED bulb that is said to last 25,000 hours, use just 20 watts of power and put out 1,600 lumens. Read more →
LED, CFL Life-Cycle Face-off: Which Bulb Wins?
According to a new U.S. report, LED and CFL bulbs use about the same amount of energy over the course of their life cycles—but there's more to it than that. Read more →
Dim Bulbs: Budget Deal Keeps GOP’s Anti-Consumer, Anti-Business, Pro-Pollution Rider Blocking Lighting Standards
Center for American Progress's Joe Romm comments on a compromise as part of a budget bill in Congress that postpones new energy-savings measures for light bulbs. Read more →
New Energy-Saving Bulbs Are Coming: Here’s How You Find the Right Ones For Your Home
Natural Resources Defense Council chimes in on helping consumers better prepare for the new light bulb standard and finding the right energy saving bulbs for the home. Read more →
GE Brings Green Lights To Life
Natural Resources Defense Council, in this column, checks out the innovations GE is doing at one of its facilities in regards to energy efficient lighting. Read more →
Mercury-Free ‘ESL’ Bulb Coming To Lowe’s
It may look like a incandescent light bulb, but Vu1 says its new "ESL" bulb, coming soon to Lowe's, is super-energy efficient and doesn't contain mercury. Read more →
Solar Light Bulbs In Turkey Quake Aid
Nokero solar light bulbs are part of the Shelterbox aid effort for victims of the 7.1-magnitude October earthquake in Turkey. Read more →
by Pete Danko
