Guest Post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy [Recently], the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its new consumer labeling requirements for medium screw-based light bulbs. The bottom line is that manufacturers of incandescent, compact fluorescent, and LED light bulbs will have to begin employing a new “Lighting Facts” label that’s similar to DOE’s Lighting FactsCM [...]
And more … my favorite bit was the people coming up with song titles with the word “light” in it. Welcome to the 2010 Lumen Awards!
Guest Post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy I was really gratified by the response to the Posting a few weeks back about DOE’s fact sheet on the performance specifications of LED T8 replacement lamps. In our booth at LIGHTFAIR last month, that fact sheet went like hotcakes, because it blows the whistle on a [...]
Guest post by Ted Konnerth, President/CEO of Egret Consulting Group Life was simple when electrical meant 120 volts or higher. High voltage was high voltage, and low voltage belonged to people who installed doorbells. Then alarm systems became popular, along with security systems and dimmers went from line voltage to electronic. Ballasts went from magnetic [...]
Living legend Howard Brandston makes the case against new energy standards targeting the incandescent lamp here.
The New York Times’ green blog has published a great interview with Don Peifer, CTO for Lunera Lighting, in which he says LED companies should stop chasing incandescent sockets and create innovative fixtures enabling the technology to truly take hold. Check it out here. Hat tip to Randy Smith at the Lighting Design Lab.
Guest post by Ted Konnerth, President/CEO of Egret Consulting Group I just returned from speaking at Strategies in Light. SiL is the largest conference dedicated to LED. My topic was selling new technology into an old culture and it was well received; from both the ‘tech guys’ and the traditional lighting guys. My point was [...]
Sorry, this post has nothing to do with lighting, but is of vital importance to every citizen of the United States. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a large majority of Americans–Democrats, Republicans and Independents–strongly oppose the Supreme Court’s decision last month to allow corporations to spend as much as they want on [...]
Arizona state legislator Frank Antenori has proposed a bill (HB 2337) to assert state’s rights using light bulbs, as reported by AZCentral.com in this article. The point of the legislation is that if incandescent lamps are manufactured in Arizona, then Federal legislation–namely, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which raised efficacy standards for [...]
