Energy Conservation

Milwaukee, maker of a wide range of (red and black) power tools, has begun selling an LED upgrade kit that fits many of its jobsite lighting products and "most other major power tool work lights." By popping out the old incandescent bulb and replacing it with an LED module, your flashlight now boasts the many advantages of the light emitting diode: 50,000-hour life (that's 250 times longer than an incandescent) and thrice the run time. Into...  

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virginians are saving about 1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity through Dominion Virginia Power's compact fluorescent light bulb instant discount program. That is enough energy to serve 72,000 typical Virginia homes, based on 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, per home. Click here to learn more: http://www.dom.com/dominion-virginia-power/customer-service/energy-conservation/save...  

Bay City Electric Light & Power has started a program to help local residents become more energy efficient.The city will give two Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFL) to residential electric customers.The 14-watt bulbs lasts 13 times longer than standard incandescent...  

(SkyNewswire.com)--- Further building on its extensive array of low voltage LED lights for vehicles, boats and equipment, Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com unveiled their latest LED light, the LED10W-10R. The 9000 lumen, 100 watt LED light offers spot and flood beam patterns and is available in black or white aluminum housings. Measuring 20 inches long and less than 3 inches tall, the sleek LED10W-10R LED light contains 10 individual 10...  

NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of the UBA2028, a fully integrated high-voltage power IC that drives dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) The UBA2028 enables lighting manufacturers to create high-quality CFLs that rival incandescent bulbs, with quick warm-up and unprecedented dimming capabilities down to 10 percent of full light intensity.  

NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of the UBA2028, a fully integrated high-voltage power IC that drives dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). The UBA2028 enables lighting manufacturers to create high-quality CFLs that rival incandescent bulbs, with quick warm-up and unprecedented dimming capabilities down to 10 percent of full light intensity. The latest NXP CFL driver IC features the highest level of integration...  

If your holiday lights have seen better days, you might want to replace incandescent versions with more-efficient and more-durable LED lights. Our tests of mini, C7, and C9 holiday lights showed that while incandescent versions did burn more brightly than LEDs, the LEDs were much more durable, ran cooler and posed a lower fire risk, and cost less to operate. While the initial cost of LEDs is higher than that of incandescents, we found that...  

Ive recently made the switch from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs. I was surprised by the electrical savings, a full 20% or so off my electricity bill every month. Apparently I leave the lights on a lot. Anyway I was wondering if anyone has come across an LED light  

The "Go-Green" movement's in full swing. What better time to update old incandescent holiday lighting with new LED Christmas lights? Compare the initial costs and potential energy and money savings involved with making the switch.Contributor: Carolyn BlevinsPublished: Nov 11, 2009  

Globes, decorative, candle-like fixtures and mini-spirals? Yes, today's newfangled, energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs come in many shapes, brightness styles and sizes, the better to fit the consumer's lifestyle. What's more, many retailers are selling them at a discount. ”Lighting technology has made significant advances,” said John Ferrantino, director of customer solutions for Connecticut Light & Power Co., which serves 1.2...  

Image via Think Geek The Kill A Watt is a TreeHugger favorite - a plug-load power monitor that allows you to track energy consumption for a particular device and find out how much money you're spending on running that piece of equipment. The familiar device has just received an upgrade with the Kill A Watt Graphic Timer, a new version that has a few extra bells and whistles that if you've been considering getting a Kill A Watt, you'll want...  

DENVER, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating that it is "the helpful place" for all seasons, Ace Hardware today announced that stores in Colorado will accept traditional, incandescent holiday lights for recycling between November 23, 2009 and February 15, 2010. Participating stores will also offer discounts on the purchase of new energy efficient LED light sets for consumers who bring in incandescent lights for recycling.  

DENVER, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating that it is "the helpful place" for all seasons, Ace Hardware today announced that stores in Wyoming will accept traditional, incandescent holiday lights for recycling between November 23, 2009 and February 15, 2010. Participating stores will also offer discounts on the purchase of new energy efficient LED light sets for consumers who bring in incandescent lights for recycling.  

Energy-starved Tajikistan has banned the production of incandescent light bulbs in the country's latest effort to conserve power. The ban will complement similar restrictions on the import of incandescent light bulbs introduced earlier this year. The ...  

Perfect Picture Lighting is celebrating the holidays with a wide variety of coupons and special offers. This company can fulfill orders faster than any other online lighting retailer – because of our proximity to the factory we are resupplied faster than any other retailer and ship our products out faster than any other supplier. Learn about the difference between using LED, fluorescent, halogen or incandescent bulbs and how choosing a...  

Compact Fluorescents - from Consumer Reports Consumer Reports tests for the October issue confirm -- compact fluorescent lightbulbs, CFLs, use far less energy and last longer than regular incandescent bulbs. CR-Podcast Subscribe now! Subscribe to ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products...  

Energy-starved Tajikistan has banned the production of incandescent light bulbs in the country's latest effort to conserve power. Energy-starved Tajikistan has banned the production of incandescent light bulbs in the country's latest effort to ...  

Does anyone know why CCF and ECO friendly flourescent bulbs are worse for starting in cold weather. A search of CR4 only showed my own posts from last winter on the subject. I installed a couple of flourescent lights and used the new and improved ECO lux bulbs sold at Walmart. Box says these are en  

Energy-starved Tajikistan has banned the production of incandescent light bulbs in the country's latest effort to conserve power. President Emomali Rakhmon's office said the ban would complement similar restrictions on the import of incandescent ...  

John-Paul Flintoff is the Environment writer for the Sunday Times, a UK Murdoch paper. On Sunday he wrote an article Poisoning ourselves to save the planet about the dangers of mercury from compact fluorescents. He starts off with a description of ...  

Benefits Of LED Lights by Scott RodgersThe lighting efficiency of the new high power led light bulbs is more than eight times that of incandescent lights, and twice as high as compact fluorescent lights. Led bulbs also emit a much higher percentage of light in the desired direction. This makes them even more efficient compared to either incandescent or fluorescent for task lighting, desk lamps, reading lights, spotlights, flood lights...