Buying a light bulb was at one time simple, uncomplicated and boring. When you needed one, you bought it. No more. Last year, with the incandescent bulb phaseout in favor of more energy-efficient tech ...

Incandescent bulbs produce light by using electricity to heat a wire filament until it glows. The drawback is that the bulbs use 90% of their energy to produce heat . CFLs use about 80% for heat.

Under the measure, all light bulbs must use 25% to 30% less energy than today's products by 2012 to 2014. The phase-in will start with 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in ...

The Canadian province of Ontario will ban the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2012 as part of a broader effort to cut energy use, provincial officials said on Wednesday.

A 100-watt incandescent light bulb seen at Royal Lighting in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2011 -- before the bulbs were banned by a 2007 law. (AP Photo) When the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, the ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the incandescent light bulb is officially dead, and producers and sellers must begin phasing them out before a widespread ban in July 2023.

You can't buy incandescent light bulbs anymore. With a few exceptions, the bulbs – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – have ...

LED light bulb are known for their long lifespan, but if yours aren't lasting as long, there are a few possible causes for their premature dimming.

And we’re not the only ones dazzled by Broom’s masterful LED light bulb design: it’s already secured a place on the shortlist for the 2012 British Design Awards. +Lee Broom Additional Resources ...