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04 September 2008
Concept: LED light bulb from frog design
We all know we should be replacing our energy-sucking incandescent light bulbs with CFLs -- but, ugh. As part of its green design program, frog design has conceptualized this lovely light bulb around a high-output LED. The frogLight bulb fits in a standard socket and can be dimmed -- an important ability for both energy-saving and mood-setting that CFLs can't yet manage. And it's projected to last for 30 years.
It's a potential game-changer. Yanko Design, in a blog post this week, calls the frogLight a Trojan horse, "ready to make the transition to LED bulbs invisible and a reality." Frog design says, "We are currently in talks about how to bring it to market and make it available to consumers."
Learn more about the frogLight >>
In other green lighting news, Greentech Media reports on a revolutionary dimmer switch for sports stadiums, big-box stores and other megabuildings that use ultrabright high-intensity discharge (HID) lights. The new digital ballast from HID Laboratories allows building managers to dim their HID lights by an unnoticeable-to-the-human-eye 10 percent -- a move that could save megawatts of power, writer Michael Kanellos suggests:
Lighting consumes 22 percent of the power generated in the U.S., and the majority of the juice of that total goes to more than 100 million HID sockets in the country. Thus, if used universally, you’re talking a big whack in electricity consumption.
Get more details on the big-box dimmer >>
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