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,...
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Decorative Lights Recalled Due to Fire and Electrical Shock Risk
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...
80,000 Thomas Lighting Ceiling Mounted Fixtures Recalled
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 Home “Lightover” Sweepstakes
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...
With the Right Lighting, Anything is Possible
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...
The Latest LED Breakthrough
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...
Interactive Stair Lighting | Home Lighting
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...
A New Lighting Technology Promises a Brighter Future
Just when you started getting comfortable swapping out your incandescent lighting for the energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), an energy-efficienter (yeah, I said it) option emerges. RTI International recently announced a revolutionary new lighting...
New Dimmer Resolves CFL Flickering Problems
Anyone who has used dimmable CFL bulbs with a standard dimmer is no stranger to the flickering issues inherent in the energy-saving conjunction of the two technologies. Dimming a CFL with a standard dimmer not only results in occasional flickering, it can also lead to...
Light Your Home in High Definition?
If you believe in coincidences, you might call it one that, only days after we blogged about a $99 LED bulb, the shopping-savvy folks over at The Consumerist would feature a short piece about these HD Light bulbs for sale. Made by OttLite, the "High Definition Natural...