{"id":15162,"date":"2009-07-09T21:16:14","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T03:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2009-07-09T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T03:16:25","slug":"building-a-better-light-bulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/09\/building-a-better-light-bulb.html","title":{"rendered":"Building a better light bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

The NY Times has an interesting article on improvements in incandescent light bulb technology<\/a>, as manufacturers, driven by government energy efficiency mandates and competing CFL (and LED) technology, try to come up with alternatives.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThere’s a massive misperception that incandescents are going away quickly,\u201d said Chris Calwell, a researcher with Ecos Consulting who studies the bulb market. \u201cThere have been more incandescent innovations in the last three years than in the last two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first bulbs to emerge from this push, Philips Lighting’s Halogena Energy Savers, are expensive compared with older incandescents. They sell for $5 apiece and more, compared with as little as 25 cents for standard bulbs.<\/p>\n

But they are also 30 percent more efficient than older bulbs. Philips says that a 70-watt Halogena Energy Saver gives off the same amount of light as a traditional 100-watt bulb and lasts about three times as long, eventually paying for itself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With efficiency standards set in 2007 coming into place in 2012, it’s a race for low-energy bulbs with a quick start-up time, pleasant spectrum, minimal environmental impact, long life, and low cost. While I think LEDs are the long-range winner, I’m happy to see a lot of ideas being tossed around out there.<\/p>\n

Note, by the way, that this surge of innovation and competition is being driven in part by energy efficiency desires of the public, but primarily by a government mandate<\/em>. (Eek! Socialism!)  It makes you wonder how fuel efficient our car would be now if Congress had been steadily mandating tougher CAFE standards, rather than simply accepting the Big Three’s frantic assertions that it would destroy the auto industry to tell them they had to squeeze a few more MPG out of their models seven years down the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NY Times has an interesting article on improvements in incandescent light bulb technology, as manufacturers, driven by government energy efficiency mandates and competing CFL (and LED) technology, try to come up with alternatives. \u201cThere’s a massive misperception that incandescents are going away quickly,\u201d said Chris Calwell, a researcher with Ecos Consulting who studies the … Continue reading “Building a better light bulb”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14118,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/unblogged-bits-for-031109-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":15162,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits for 03\/11\/09","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Mar-09 8:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links that caught my eye ... Say hello to your future Light Bulb.Yes. This is, in fact, the future, unless something triffically better comes along. In fact, the biggest problem with these is the reluctance to replace incandescents with CFLs *now* for fear they won't be burnt out by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Environment"","block_context":{"text":"Environment","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science\/environment"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21481,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/06\/unblogged-bits-wed-6-jul-11-1731.html","url_meta":{"origin":15162,"position":1},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 6-Jul-11 1731)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Jul-11 5:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Get These 25 Documents Ready Before You Kick The Bucket - And this is not an \"old man\" kind of thing to do. Death can strike anyone unexpectedly -- at which point, the problem\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135311,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/lava-lamps-random-number-generators.html","url_meta":{"origin":15162,"position":2},"title":"Lava Lamps as Random Number Generators","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Nov-17 1:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, that's pretty clever. Also: lava lamps are one of the few areas where LEDs will never replace incandescent bulbs (because they depend on the heat of the bulb to melt the wax [lava]. I used to have a lava lamp in my office. Very soothing. As such time as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lava-lamp1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lava-lamp1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lava-lamp1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lava-lamp1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26405,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/dim-bulbs.html","url_meta":{"origin":15162,"position":3},"title":"Dim bulbs","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-12 12:44am","format":false,"excerpt":"For the record, I'm not thrilled by CFL bulbs. The light quality is a little bit off from the incandescents I grew up with, and the time lag to come to full illumination is maddening. I am waiting the day for reasonably priced LED bulbs, to be honest.That said, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38232,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/11\/thank-heavens-the-house-is-on-the-job.html","url_meta":{"origin":15162,"position":4},"title":"Thank heavens the House is on the job!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Jul-13 11:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"Busy once again protecting us from Evil Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs, as mandated by that tyrannical Kenyan Socialist Atheist Dictator-for-Life, George W. Bush. Embedded Link House blocks enforcement of light bulb standards - The Hill's Floor Action The House on Wednesday once again voted to block the enforcement of light bulb\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129128,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/15\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-smart-light-bulb-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":15162,"position":5},"title":"This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (Smart Light Bulb Edition)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Dec-15 6:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"Smart light bulbs and fixtures, connected to this and that via external control and intelligent lighting systems ... may not always work as you think.https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20151214\/07452133070\/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtmlTL;DR: Phillips has uploaded new patches to its Hue \"smart\" ambient lighting system to exclude light bulbs from competitors to Phillips.Yes, this is basically saying that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Philips-Hue-Smart-LED-Light-Bulbs-15B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Philips-Hue-Smart-LED-Light-Bulbs-15B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Philips-Hue-Smart-LED-Light-Bulbs-15B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}