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LED Light Bulbs- Uses, Applications, and Future Trends

Get Green — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:24:09 +0000

LED light bulbs, also known as light emitting diode light bulbs are a much more energy efficient solution to lighting. They use very little electricity at all, and have no filament to deal with or heat generation that causes them to burn out. When you have a typical lamp, it is far more likely to burn out faster because it wastes a lot of heat. However, LEDs are lit up by electrons that move around in a semiconductor material, which means almost no heat is emitted and they don’t have the hassl Finish Reading this Post

Energy Effeciency Comparison Cold Cathode CFL

Get Green — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:47:17 +0000

Today the same technology used to light my laptop and computer screen is being used in innovative sources of lighting. This new technology in lighting means that I’m now provided with a bulb that will have a long life cycle, can hold up in cold weather conditions and will instantly turn on. In a conventional CFL bulb, there is a hot cathode that is made of tungsten wire and is coated with barium carbonate which emits electrons. The electrons pass through a mercury vapor and in turn Finish Reading this Post

Pondering over a cup of Joe.. okay, a Vanilla Latte

Get Green — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:00:44 +0000

I wake up every morning and start my ritual by walking to Starbucks and order my “Skinny Vanilla Latte Grande” Of course I present Jill (We are on a first name basis) my Starbucks Black Card for a grand total of $4.81. All we hear is about how bad the economy is doing so I started to think about where my family could cut back. I wanted to justify my $80.00 (gulp) a month coffee habit to my wife and had to do some quick math on what I spend each month. I was wondering on how I c Finish Reading this Post