LED Lights Today

LED light bulbs. The future of lighting.

LED lights are the future of lighting. Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are just re-packaged 100-year-old technology.  And CFLs are fraught with problems — including health and environmental concerns due to their mercury content.

The better choice:  LED light bulbs.  Yes, they’re still a bit pricey.   But as consumers start choosing and using them, manufacturers will ramp up production — and the prices will undoubtedly come down.

This Web site is dedicated to providing consumers with the latest information and breakthroughs regarding LED lights and LED lighting technology.

Save energy, protect your family’s health, and  protect the environment.  Step up to the future:  LED lighting.   Scroll below for the very latest LED information.

Panasonic Corporation has introduced a new generation of LED bulbs that provide the brightness equivalent of a 60-watt bulb while using just 7.6 watts.  With average use of 5.5 hours per day, the bulb can last up to 19 years.

The power savings are equally dramatic. A traditional 60-watt incandescent light bulb, operating 5.5 hours a day, will cost approximately $26 per year in electricity.  The new Panasonic LED light bulb would cost only approximately $3 per year in electricity.   For more information, click here.

The Pharox LED bulb is a direct replacement of existing light bulbs and saves energy without concessions. The Pharaox lamp uses up to 90 percent less energy than an incandescent bulb and is more energy-efficient still than a CFL lamp while giving off a warm white light and is, in case of the Pharox 300, dimmable. Moreover the Pharox LED lamp has a much longer lifetime. Users typically earn back their lamp within a year, and then continue to save money for up to 25 years.  That’s not just a good deal for consumers, but also for our planet.  For the complete article, click here.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition has received its first entrant, an LED-based 60 W incandescent replacement from Philips Electronics.

DOE launched the L Prize initiative to spur development of high-quality, high-efficiency LED replacements for the common light bulb.  Complete article here.

Greenray Technology Litelife™ LED Litebulbs are 90% more efficient than conventional incandescent light bulbs.  They last up to dozens of years.  And there’s no toxic mercury as with CFLs.   For more information, click here.

LEDs can last 75,000 hours or longer and consume far less power than standard incandescent bulbs. Only about 5 percent of the energy that goes into conventional bulbs actually turns into light; the rest gets dissipated as heat. If 25 percent of the lightbulbs in the United States were converted to LEDs putting out 150 lumens (a measure of light output) per watt–higher than the most current models–the country as a whole could save $115 billion in utility costs cumulatively by 2025, according to University of California Santa Barbara professor Stephen DenBaars.  Complete article here.

The demonstration A-19-style bulb features the latest Cree production XLamp® XP-G LEDs and TrueWhite Technology, a patented method of delivering warm-white light with superior color rendering and efficiency.   Complete article here.

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification services, announced today the publication of ANSI/UL 8750, Safety Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products. The first edition standard creates a global platform of safety requirements for LED lighting equipment as well as the entire supply chain of components used in lighting products employing LED technology.   Complete article here.

Every year it is estimated that more than 425 million 60-Watt incandescent light bulbs are sold in the United States alone, representing approximately 50% of the domestic incandescent light bulb market. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), an LED replacement for this could save 34 terawatt-hours of electricity in one year, enough to power the lights of 17.4 million U.S. households. It would also avoid 5.6 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually.  Complete article here.

First practical, high quality, LED replacement for standard incandescent lamps introduced.

One hundred and thirty years after Thomas Edison invented the standard incandescent light bulb, the next revolution in lighting is being led by NJ-based Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG) (LSG). The new light-emitting diode (LED) lamp is designed to replace the standard incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) in homes and commercial environments. Engineered to optimize light output, color, quality, life and overall performance, the LED replacement lamp is available in the most popular standard incandescent lamp or bulb shape — A19.  Complete article here.

Philips Lighting has ceased research on compact fluorescents, and is devoting the bulk of its R & D budget, 5 percent of the company’s global lighting revenue, to SSL [primarily LED lighting technology].

In January 2009, it was reported that researchers at Cambridge University had developed an LED bulb that costs about $3 U.S., is 12 times as energy efficient as a tungsten bulb, and lasts for 100,000 hours.

In March 2009, C. Crane Company announced the C. Crane Company Geobulb. This lamp was reported to be the most efficient LED lightbulb on the market at the time of its introduction.

In August 2009, Eternaleds Inc. announced the HydraLux-4. This lamp uses liquid-cooling to solve the directional nature of LEDs, giving true omni-directional light, unlike other globe-shaped LED bulbs that utilize a dome on the top half of the bulb and metal heatsink on the bottom half.

Source:  Wikipedia