LED Replacements to Peak as China Incandescent Bulb Ban Enters Last Phase LED Inside, September 6, 2016 The last phase of China’s incandescent bulb ban will be effective as of Sept. 30, 2016. China will ban the imports and sales of 15W and above general incandescent bulbs Starting from Oct. 1, 2016, and will make…
India Brings to Light the Impact of LED Distribution
NATIONAL UJALA DASHBOARD Ujala Government, India Total LEDs distributed as on 26 MAY 2016 22:39 How many people does it take to change a light bulb? World Bank, May 20, 2016. Image credit: Scott Akerman With a population of about 1.2 billion, India is one of the largest consumer markets in the world. So it’s no…
Lighting
A DOE Standard Could Phase out CFLs
DOE proposes light bulb standard EE News, February 12, 2016. Image credit: suvajit DOE issued a proposed rule this afternoon for light bulbs that would likely lead to the phaseout of compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), analysts say. The rule has been under discussion for more than a decade. It was affected by a “light bulb rider”…
Emerging Technology
Incandescent Lighting’s Hail Mary
Ryan Pollin for Zondits, January 18, 2016. Image credit: MIT Image/Ognjen Ilic LED lighting is the best we’ve got, and it’ll stay that way for some time. But, our best and brightest physicists have been up to some very neat tricks in the laboratory, making progress on even more efficient lighting. Researchers at Purdue and MIT…