Posted by Lane Burt in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
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,...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
On Monday, President Obama and Secretary Chu announced a strengthened final rule on lamps that will save consumers $4 billion annually by 2022. This standard would cover the tube fluorescent bulbs (general service fluorescent or GSFL) that we are all...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
We all take hot water for granted. We turn a knob, wait a few seconds (hopefully very few) and it's there. No one wants to give it up because cold showers are not fun. But can we use less energy...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I'm an engineer. I understand quads, kilowatt hours, British Thermal Units, therms, etc. After working here at NRDC in Washington, DC for a while, I have some concept of the importance of a million metric tons of CO2 emissions. And...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
DOE recently released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for general service fluorescent (GSFL) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL). See the actual document here, press release here, and general fact sheet here. GSFLs are the tube shaped fluorescent lights hanging in...continued→
