At the end of July, the incandescent light bulb – patented by Thomas Edison in 1880 and a common fixture in American homes for more than a century – will pass into history. By Aug. 1, commonly used ...

Do you remember making the switch from incandescent bulbs to CFLs? Today, switching to LEDs offers even more benefits in ...

LED bulbs use a lot fewer watts than incandescents to produce the same level of light. Instead of watts, look for the number of lumens, the measure of how much light a bulb produces rather than how ...

Incandescent bulbs were supposed to be relics, pushed aside by compact fluorescents and then by ultra-efficient LEDs. Instead ...

NEW YORK - Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January. Their ...

America's ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly. A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the ...

Here's why you might want to consider swapping out all your incandescent bulbs for more efficient sources of light. (Getty Images; design by Quinn Lemmers for Yahoo Life) Buying lightbulbs, which used ...

Cree unveiled a new light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb that boasts the same output as a 75-watt incandescent bulb while consuming about one tenth of the electricity. The bulb produces 152 lumens — ...