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When you start browsing to find the best smart bulbs for your house, you’ll see that most of them are LED bulbs. To a newcomer, terms like “LED” can get a little confusing. Sure, LED bulbs are ...

Smart lights are a great replacement for older lighting systems. Before you throw away your old light bulbs, though, you should know that these items are often recyclable. Disposing of old light bulbs ...

In December 2022, the President Joe Biden's administration proposed a new rule that, if enacted, would nearly triple the current minimum light bulb efficiency level of 45 lumens per watt to over 120 ...

CBS evening news associate producer Michelle Peltier posts a fact sheet to go along with reporter Daniel Sieberg's Evening News piece on the growing popularity of fluorescent bulbs. (CBS/The Early ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...

Not all CFLs are created equal. Find out how to save the most energy with CFLs and how to get a bulb with better light quality. Compact fluorescent light bulbs save consumers money — and their use can ...

Families and businesses in Hawaii, Colorado, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Maine will save $2 billion in utility bills by 2050 and have reduced risk of mercury exposure, thanks to new laws that phase out ...

Q: Can I recycle my fluorescent light bulbs? — T. I. A: Yes, T.I., but never in your mixed recycling bin or cart! Don’t forget that there are two distinct ways to recycle something. The first is via ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

Fluorescent lighting uses less energy than comparably bright incandescent bulbs do. So switching to fluorescents will shave your energy bill. The big surprise: Relying on fluorescent lights may also ...