Description: ideas for sustainability - from renewable energy to green building and design
OK, you are finally considering changing more incandescents to CFL. After all, CFLs have finally become affordable, warmer in color, there seems to be a little less of a stigma around the spiral shape, a few bulbs are even dimmable (albeit with limitations), and at least here in California, local governments and utilities will have you believe it’s your only and best option for saving both money and the planet.
STOP! Consider skipping CFLs entirely and going straight to LED. I would not have fathomed saying that a year ago, but recent commercial availability of a new generation of LED technology has finally made this a possibility. I really don’t believe I’m premature in calling 2012 The Year Of The LED. In 2012, the best LED bulbs will be strong replacement candidates for a wide variety of incandescents (including halogen) and CFLs by offering this best balance of features/capability, price-performance, environm
My current favorite LED bulb is the Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt A-shape (60 watt incandescent equivalent) IMHO it’s the first viable (almost) no compromise replacement for the 60 watt incandescent bulb. Despite looking reminiscent of a bug light or perhaps something from the Starship Enterprise, it manages to single-handedly overcome all the limitations of the best CFL bulbs available today. This Philips bulb is incandescent-warm (2700K), instant on (very slight delay, many people won’t even notice), long-