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How to Deal with Incandescent Excuses and "Dim Bulbs"

August 20, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:: bulbs, energy, energyefficiency, lamps, light, simplesteps

The phase out of incandescent bulbs in the European Union begins next month, so it's time to get prepared for a new round of ridiculous excuses about why folks can't use more efficient lights. Despite having been dealt with repeatedly,...

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Time for You to Weigh In On the Biggest Potential Energy Saving Standard in History

February 27, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: efficiencystandards, energyefficiency, lamps

I have blogged a couple times about the current rulemaking on lamps (bulbs) being undertaken by the Department of Energy. I won't rehash much, but it is the largest potential energy saver of any appliance standard in the program's history....

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