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Eva: Wood, CFLs-Only Lamp from Argentina
Last week it was time for the national annual innovation contest in Argentina, Innovar, and we were happy to know that the environment was one of the main interests behind the products presented this...
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CFLs Could Curb Global Lighting Demand by 40% - and At What Cost?
What if everyone were to switch to CFLs today?
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From the Forums: Proving CFL's are more efficient?
dstaley need some help proving CFL's are more efficient than incandescent: I'm doing some research on how much money one can save by switching to CFL's in their home. I used my test group, an array of...
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Ed Begley, Jr. on Saving Energy, Saving Money, and Looking Up
Photo credit: Ed Begley, Jr./LOOK UP Ed Begley, Jr. is a busy guy. Between his show Living with Ed on Planet Green, his other acting gigs -- you've seen him in movies like "Best in Show" and "A Mighty...
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GE Quietly Folds on High Efficiency Incandescent
Old Thomas Alva was no slouch with the elbows in the corners when it came to patent battles or discrediting competitors, and neither are his successors at General Electric. While we generally admire...
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Fast & Funny Video Comparing the Latest Lightbulb Technologies
Hank Green from EcoGeek has put together a very entertaining video taking a quick look at the latest in light bulb technologies.
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Survey: When it Comes To Light Bulbs, Should Form Follow Function?
Ya gotta wonder about GE sometimes. First they tried to convince us that they could squeeze more life out of the incandescent, then they gave up on that, and now they offer us a compact fluorescent...
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How GE gets the CFL into the Incandescent Shell
When I wrote yesterday about GE's new compact fluorescent that looks like an incandescent, (and wondered whatever happened to form following function) I did wonder how they got that squiggly CFL...
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Sushigate: Jeremy Piven Leaves Show Due to Fishy Mercury Poisoning
Two "facts" are repeated endlessly in the Internet-based news stories about Jeremy Piven, the celebrity and actor who left the David Mamet production "Speed the Plow" due to his doctor's report that...
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CES 2009: Smart Lite Changes the Bulbs, Not the Ballast
The Smart Lite is an interesting approach to cutting down how much of a light bulb you replace when it burns out. Ditch the bulb but keep the ballast. The Smart Lite from 3E Technologies is trying to...
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Environmental Working Group Study Shines Light on Best and Worst CFLs
Want to make the switch to energy efficient, long-lasting Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) but don't know which brand is best for you and the environment? The Environmental Working Group has the...
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Ban Against Incandescent Bulbs: Argentina Joins
In the midst of the end-of-year-holiday-rush the Argentine Senate gave the country a good Christmas present: it approved a law to ban incandescent light bulbs. The rule establishes that from December...
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Should I Switch to Dimmable CFL Bulbs?
Dear Pablo: We have 12 recessed light bulbs in our kitchen on a dimmer switch. How much money and energy we would save if we switched to dimmable CFL bulbs? They would have to be cost effective...
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Should I Worry About Deadly Mercury In My CFLs?
Image via Wikipedia.com Dear Pablo: I know that compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are much more efficient, but I have also heard that they contain mercury. What is a TreeHugger to do? In response to...
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Last Incandescent Bulb Slips out of Grand Central Terminal
The last of four thousand incandescent bulbs were changed to compact fluorescents at Grand Central Terminal in New York yesterday, which will save an estimated US$ 200,000 per year in electricity...
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Fight the Euro Ban on Frosted Incandescents with the Euro Condom
The European Union is banning frosted incandescents because they are the most inefficient, and possibly because the light from a clear bulb is really harsh and the change might encourage people to buy...
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How Smart Green Design Can Shrink Life Cycle Impact
In their book Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough and Michael Braungart famously declared that 80 percent of a product's lifecycle impact is determined during its design. Yet, for many of us,
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Just Roll it Up: The Curly Lamp from Fuz
(Image: Fuz) The intersection of beauty, functionality, and energy efficiency is what makes lamp design so fun. At TreeHugger we like us some lamps: eerie alien lamps, flat-pack lamps, lamps from...
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The L Prize: A New Look at an Old Bulb
These days with CFLs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs), and LEDs (light emitting diodes) and everything else, it seems hard (or maybe just taboo) to remember a time when we used something as...
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When You Move, Do You Take Your CFLs With You?
Image via: Greenpeace UK on Flickr.com Moving isn't necessarily the most environmentally-friendly activity. Granted, moving from a sprawling house in the suburbs into a smaller, more efficient home in...
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Environmental Reporter from UK Sunday Times on CFLs: RUN!
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...
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What Does Sustainability Look Like? Photos From Around the World (Slideshow)
What does 'sustainability' mean to you? This photo selection from JPG Magazine, illustrates 'strides people are making toward becoming sustainable; whether it's a big change in your community or a...
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Selling Incandescent Bulbs as Heaters: Loophole or Art?
Banning old lightbulbs seems like low-hanging fruit, an easy way to significantly reduce energy usage with little to no loss of lifestyle comforts. But the bulb bans persistently promote protest, and...
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A Black Market for 100-Watt Bulbs? U.S. Ban Looms
Few people seem to know that 100-watt incandescent bulbs, the Thomas Edison-type, are leaving store shelves. They were phased out in California on Jan. 1, and will be phased out across the U.S. on
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Are Americans Hoarding Incandescent Bulbs?
Are Americans hoarding light bulbs in advance of the upcoming phase-out of 100 watt bulbs? According to USA Today, some are. One woman in Marietta, Ohio says , "I have stocked up on enough...
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Not Enlightened by CFLs in Cathedrals (Photos)
On a recent trip to the south of Spain, I visited the beautiful Cathedral of Seville, amongst the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume. According to...
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Most Popular Articles of August: 13-Year-Old's Science Project,...
The long Labor Day weekend (for our American readers, at least) is a bittersweet moment; the extra day off also signals the end of summer. In honor of another season gone, here are the 10 most popular...
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Light Bulb Standards Killed: Who's Running This Country, Barack Obama or...
Dim Bulbs Insert Rider In Spending Bill, Delaying Light Bulb Efficiency Standards.
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UK Company ReVend Revamps Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling
The UK company reVend has teamed up with IKEA to make household hazardous waste recycling simple with "reverse vending machines" for spent bulbs and batteries.
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A Picture is worth.... Best marketing of new lighting technology ever
From 1962, a major mercury hazard on display at an agricultural exhibition.
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