By Dave Tyler •
June 2, 2009
Could a regular light bulb end up being an energy efficient competitor to a compact fluorescent bulb? Researchers at the University of Rochester say yes.
A team of optics researchers at the school say they’ve
developed a process that makes a 100-watt incandescent bulb use less electricity than a 60-watt bulb. The process, they say, would keep the cost of a traditional light bulb well under that of its fluorescent counterpart while maintaining the more pleasant light an incandescent bulb gives off.
Professor Chunlei Guo (pictured above) and his team developed a laser process that treats the tungsten filament in a traditional bulb. The process creates nano- and micro- level structures on the filament that dramatically improve its efficiency.
By Richard Elen •
January 25, 2009
Some UK charities and vision experts are calling into question the European Union decision to phase out traditional incandescent light bulbs in favour of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs).
By Timothy B. Hurst •
October 31, 2008
A new report suggests that with an aggressive replacement program, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) could drastically cut global lighting demand and begin reducing greenhouse gas emissions immediately. Fresh off the recent announcement that the European Union had
banned incandescent light bulbs,
the report, prepared by
the Worldwatch Institute, suggests that replacing incandescents with compact fluorescents could reduce global lighting energy demand by 40%.
By 2030, these savings would add up to 16.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide — more than twice the amount released in the United States every year.
By Ariel Schwartz •
October 23, 2008
Looking for an energy-efficient yet attractive alternative to CFL light bulbs? Check out Frog Design’s innovative LED bulb. It’s shaped like a regular bulb instead of a LED— and best of all, it lasts for 30 years.
So, what’s the bigger danger to the American public: Al-Qaeda, or compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)?
If you follow the conservative punditry, online or off, it’s a tough call. Today’s (April 24) “Mallard Fillmore” comic strip is just the latest example of conservatives taking aim at these energy-saving bulbs, focusing primarily on the fact that CFLs contain mercury.
So, for Mallard Fillmore author Bruce Tinsley, Thomas Sowell, Rush Limbaugh (whose content is not publicly available) and the crowd at WorldNetDaily, let’s review the facts:
By Amy Stodghill •
August 29, 2007
Yeah, yeah. We’ve all heard this one. Change out your incandescents for the more energy efficient CFLs. But how many of you are actually doing it?
Making the switch to CFLs (compact flourescent lamps) will result in noticeable savings in your electricity bill. Plus, they last longer, produce more light, and emit less heat.
Want more good news about CFLs? They come in more than
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By David Anderson •
February 24, 2007
Thursday I attended the birth of what sponsors Yahoo! and AC Nielsen hope will be a grassroots movement to upgrade incandescent light bulbs to a new generation of CFL bulbs on a national scale, saving billions of dollars in the process. A grassroots campaign with corporate sponsors? Weird.
GO Contributor Michael d’Estries (who moonlights with us from Ecorazzi and GroovyGreen) was Johnny on the
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By Amy Stodghill •
February 1, 2007
California is known for having some progressive environmental policies - but banning the light bulb?
Los Angeles assemblyman Lloyd Levine is proposing to ban the incadescent light bulb in the state by 2012. Why? Because they are inefficient, they've been around for about 120 years, and they are inefficient.
What's the alternative? The compact flourescent light bulb of course! Or more lovingly referred to as the [...]
