Apartment Therapy Tagged: incandescent

LEDs Are As Efficient As Compact Fluorescents

Our recent articles on energy efficient lighting proposed that LEDs were a lot more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs. But how do those fancy LEDs compare to energy efficient compact fluoresc...

Low-Tech Lighting Takes on the Look of a Light Bulb

With everyone so concerned about both money and the environment, we're all making the effort to cut back on our home's energy use and slim down those utility bills. But even better than shutting off u...

Simple DIY Lamp Lets Tech Take the Stage

What you're looking at up there is the most minimalist of lamps, hand crafted from recycled lab equipment. No DIY project could be easier, we assure you. But the result is simple and, in it's own indu...

Surface Treatment Makes LED Light More Cozy

In the debate over whether compact flourescent lights (CFLs) or light emitting diodes (LEDs) are going to join Betamax and HD DVDs in the up-and-coming technology graveyard, opponents of LEDs for norm...

Phillips LED Lightbulbs Look Like the Old Guard

Compact flourescent lamps, or CFLs as we've come to call them, have been gaining ground on the old standby incandescent bulbs for a while now. Something about using less energy and saving money on ele...

Make Your Christmas Tree Even More Green

Is it December already? If you're decorating for Christmas this year, have you started? We haven't. Only because stringing up Christmas lights is one of the most tortuous and frustrating of holiday ta...

How to: Pick a CFL That Glows Like an Incandescent

There is no question that we should be using compact fluorescent bulbs instead of regular incandescents. The energy saving benefits are clear. What isn't as clear, and probably why some people still s...

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