Tag: LED
What’s the Best LED Light Bulb?
LED bulbs are great. They use a little less energy than CFLs (about 1/6th of what incandescents use) and last longer (around 20 years). And people tend to prefer them to CFLs, because they don’t contain mercury or have a discernible flicker. Earlier this year we put out an RFP for a lighting distributor at work, and while we were […]
Posted: December 13th, 2014 under Energy Use.
Tags: 60 watts, 800 lumens, CFLs, LED, light bulbs, Now everyone I know is getting LED lights for Christmas
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LED Lamps Redeemed
I felt so bad writing a horrible review of the Greenlite LED 5W Desk Lamp that for a bon voyage present when I left Berklee, my boss gave me a new lamp: the Softech DL-90 Multi-Function LED Desk Lamp. It’s so wonderful that it’s cleared the name of all LED lamps in my eyes. So I […]
Posted: June 12th, 2013 under Electronics, Energy Use.
Tags: desk lamps, Jason feels like a Neanderthal from 2001: A Space Odyssey., LED, lighting
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An LED Lamp to Avoid
Normally I don’t post bad reviews of things, unless I’m listing the pros and cons of multiple items to figure out which I want. But this LED desk lamp is so bad that I have to say something. When we moved into our new office at work, there was more natural light, but on gray […]
Posted: March 6th, 2013 under Electronics, Energy Use.
Tags: desk lamps, energy star, greenlite, LED, MassSave
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