Key Points Replace all incandescent light bulbs with LED bulbs to minimize waste and reduce your electricity bills.LEDs last ...

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 ...

In low-energy bulbs an electric discharge passes through argon gas containing mercury, which generates UV light. This in turn activates the coating on the inside surface of the bulb, which shines ...

Aug. 1 means lights out for traditional incandescent bulbs, making way for greater LED adoption. A Department of Energy rule set last year and effective as of Tuesday bans the manufacture and sale of ...

Light bulbs beware: President Barack Obama has announced major changes in lighting standards that advocates say will effectively phase out the least efficient bulbs. "One of the fastest, easiest and ...

Lewis Howard Latimer worked for Thomas Edison and drew patent diagrams for Alexander Graham Bell. A museum in Queens displays his work. By James Barron The Queens home of the Black inventor who ...

We have an obligation to provide energy to those who need it, but burning more fossil fuels in the form of coal, oil and gas is going to worsen global warming and threaten food and water security ...

Statistics Canada data shows most Thunder Bay households still use energy-saving lights, but overall adoption has declined ...