Have any fluorescent bulbs, either the long tubes or squiggly compact ones? These days, most consumers are switching to newer LED bulbs, which burn cooler and last longer. But what are you supposed to ...

The color temperature of a light, measured in kelvins, is its most noticeable characteristic. A candle, at 1900 K, appears orange. Daylight, at 5500 K, is much whiter and bluer. A 5500-K bulb, however ...

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to announce that Union County has begun sponsoring a free, convenient fluorescent tube light recycling program for county residents. The new ...

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 ...

Richard Box’s art installation, called FIELD, is powered by the electrical fields from the power lines that run above the project. It’s an eerie sight, to be sure ...

To turn a white OLED into a power-efficient light source, three key parameters must be addressed: the internal electroluminescence quantum efficiency must be close to one (high internal quantum ...

Lauren Murphy is a writer and environmentalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from Western Washington University. Each type of light bulb is recycled ...