LED lights heading home (part 2)
05/11/09 16:48
As
reported by the New York
Times, LED lights
such as those from CREE are making great
strides in cost and efficiency and are heading for
a home near you. LEDs won’t replace the
humble CFL immediately, but just about everyone
acknowledges their 50,000 hour life, ability to
work with dimmers (while keeping a constant color)
and efficiency make the LED the ultimate
killer-app. for lighting.
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At Last: EU Ends The CFL Tariff...
11/28/08 14:51
The headline
news was the EU ban on incandescent bulb
sales beginning in
2010... The more important but unreported news was
the EU quietly letting its usurous
66% import tariff on Chinese-made
CFLs lapse...Read
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LEDs coming to streets, airports and harbors near you...
02/10/08 12:23
We love
companies like 
and
that are
lighting the way in new markets with products
that not only reduce the power consumption by
90% vs. incandescent lights, but make lighting
more reliable and reduce maintenance costs
too.Read More...
that are
lighting the way in new markets with products
that not only reduce the power consumption by
90% vs. incandescent lights, but make lighting
more reliable and reduce maintenance costs
too.Read More...
Shame on the EU's CFL Tariff
11/19/07 13:33
My parents
live in Britain. They wondered why CFL
lightbulbs that reduce energy cons cost three to
four times what they cost in the rest of the
world. The BBC revealed that the EU renewed
its 66% (!) tariff on
Chinese...Read
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LED Lamps Come Home
09/13/07 19:24
Australia green lights...
02/19/07 10:26
Australia is taking a refreshingly practical step towards actual emissions reduction by planning to ban sale of incandescent light bulbs by 2010. That’s a g’day, mate! They are walking the walk instead of talking the talk.Read More...