In what may be a serious blow to the compact fluorescent lightbulb industry, Scientific American recently published an article suggesting that the energy-efficient alternative to incandescent bulbs may cause skin damage. Already criticized for their use of mercury,...
The Family Dollar Stores recently announced the recall of about 280,000 decorative Mini Lights due to a fire and electrical shock risk. The lights apparently do not meet the UL standard for that type of product, and as such they pose a fire and shock risk. Although...
Over 83,000 Thomas Lighting ceiling flush mount light fixtures were recently recalled by the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission due to a fire and shock hazard. 28 different models of ceiling flush-mounted light fixtures manufactured by the company...
Philips Lighting is running a Home Lightover Sweepstakes where one lucky fan can win a one-day consultation from a professional home designer as well as $5,000 in cash towards the purchase of Philips AmbientLEDs. The AmbientLED bulbs are the company's latest and...
A recent study from Philips and the University of Mississippi on classroom lighting indicated that with an improved and dynamic lighting setting the performance of grade schoolers can improve by up to 33 percent. The experiment was conducted across four grade 3...
Philips Lighting Company of Somerset, NJ, recently recalled 1.86 million EnergySaver and Marathon Compact Fluorescent Dimmable Reflector Flood Lamps due to a laceration hazard. The glue that attaches the glass outer envelope to the body of the lamp can fail in these...
LED bulbs -- a form of "solid state" lighting -- has certainly entered the home lighting lexicon, but the technology has yet to catch on fire, as it were. A recent breakthrough by LED manufacturing start-up Bridgelux may have us all seeing more LED in our homes. The...
Vu1 Corporation just announced that on March 23, 2011 it will begin shipping its mercury-free, energy efficient Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) R30 light bulb. And ESL bulb uses accelerated electrons to stimulate phosphor in the bulb to create light. Vu1's ESL...
Check out this cool residential stair lighting project that recently came across my desk. The stairs detect your presence and automatically light up. It's perfect for the late night stumble to the refrigerator. This reminds me of the musical stairs at the Boston...
Think your backyard is cool? Take a look at this guy's. These light fixtures for a backyard putting green were a candidate for our upcoming Outdoor Lighting Gallery. Although the company will install the illumination for your at-home golf course, our goal is to...
