NEW YORK (AP) — Sorry to see 100-watt bulbs disappear from stores because they were energy hogs? You can now get LED bulbs that roughly match the 100-watters for size and brightness, but use far less energy. Until recently, your only...
Vizio, a leading supplier of LED-backlit LCD HDTVs, announced it will enter the LED lighting market with a series of replacement lamps using LEDs supplied by Epistar and Seoul Semiconductor. Vizio’s LED lamps are recyclable, and feature a glass-f...
If Japan replaced all of its 1.6 billion light bulbs with LED varieties, the country would save the annual electricity output of 13 nuclear reactors. So says the Institute of Energy Economics, a research group overseen by the country’s Ministry of...
Philips is introducing an LED bulb that gives off as much light as a 75-watt incandescent bulb and consume 17 watts of power. The lighting giant said today that the EnduraLED A21 will be available in the fourth quarter for a price expected to be b...
By the end of this year, people will be able to buy an LED light bulb controllable from an Android device, part of Google's move into home automation. At the Google I/O conference today, Google demonstrated how Android devices, including table...
Elemental LED, a San Francisco Bay Area-based LED lighting company, added a free shipping offer to a growing list of website promotions. Customers who purchase more than $250 now have the option to get free UPS ground shipping for their order by choo...
For years, experts have predicted that LEDs, the technology used in digital clocks, would eclipse compact fluorescents as an energy-saving alternative to traditional incandescent bulbs. Now Switch Lighting, a venture capitalist-financed company in Sa...
Joel Bloom examines a small LED light bulb at Tropical Hardware in Fort Myers. Such bulbs are replacing traditional incandescent bulbs as a way to save energy. / Brian Hirten/news-press.com Consumers may not all be aglow with the idea, but...
Since the late 1800s, consumers have relied on standard incandescent light bulbs to illuminate homes and businesses at the flick of a switch, but this is about to change. Due to provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, also ...
Recently, Philips stands as the lonely first in the would-be line of contenders vying for the $10 million prize slated by the US government for offering an energy efficient alternative to the 60 Watt light bulb. The idea of an XL prize money on de...
As we all know that LED lamps have long been known for their efficiency, but due to high prices they have been mostly restricted to expensive industrial and consumer goods like billboards, TVs and automobile lights. But yesterday Philips, the Dutc...
It is reported that GE Appliances & Lighting, a dealer in major appliances, lighting, systems and services for commercial, industrial and residential use, has developed a new LED bulb that consumes only 9W of power and provide 77 percent energy s...
It is reported that Royal Philips Electronics unveiled a 12-watt LED light bulb that it will begin selling as a substitute for standard 60-watt bulbs by the end of the year. The bulb will be dimmable and will provide 806 lumens, with the potential...
Make your home safer with a light that comes on when you walk by. Enjoy instant-on light your home—closet, pantry, shop, garage, basement, garden shed, virtually anywhere! No fumbling for a switch—this battery-powered light detects motion and swit...
How often do you change lightbulbs? Every few months, maybe? It is found that the early generation led light bulbs are pretty weak. Well, when Panasonic's new LED bulbs hit shelves, change that time frame from months to decades. Yes, these insan...
As we all know that LED (Light Emitting Diode) bulbs which will consume even less power than the CFL bulbs and once the mass production of Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs will start, its cost will go down. Gradually the era of electric bulbs will co...