National Institute of Standards and Technology Sets LED Lighting Standards

CDsDontBurn · Jun 30, 2008, 07:39 PM

LED lightbulbs are already available on the market, such as the one shown here (manufactured by the C. Crane Company, available from discoverpower.com) which retails for $34.95 and lasts ten years. DiscoverPower advertises that you can run it 12 hours a day for a cost of 80 cents a year. (Source: DiscoverPower.com)New work blazes the trail for LED lighting to take a place in the consumer market

DailyTech has been following the field of solid state lighting. Solid-state lighting, or using LEDs instead of traditional filament incandescent or fluorescent tube designs, promises long bulb lives, energy savings, and monetary savings thanks to the lower power consumption. The light bulb, largely unchanged for decades, is finally on the verge of evolving.

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CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	National Institute of Standards and Technology Sets LED Lighting Standards LED lightbulbs are already available on the market, such as the one shown here (manufactured by the C. Crane Company, available from discoverpower.com) which retails for $34.95 and lasts ten years. DiscoverPower advertises that you can run it 12 hours a day for a cost of 80 cents a year. (Source: DiscoverPower.com)New work blazes the trail for LED lighting to take a place in the consumer market DailyTech has been following the field of solid state lighting. Solid-state lighting, or using LEDs instead of traditional filament incandescent or fluorescent tube designs, promises long bulb lives, energy savings, and monetary savings thanks to the lower power consumption. The light bulb, largely unchanged for decades, is finally on the verge of evolving. Source: DailyTech __________________ Her First Day \| A year later