Light Bulb Choice

Grassroots campaign to repeal the provision in HR 6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that systematically bans incandescent lightbulbs beginning in 2012.
August 19, 2012

Join the Movement!

We are proud to announce the opening of our new forum and social site.  Just register and then click the “Community” tab…

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March 24, 2012

Incandescent Sales are Up while CFL Sales are Down.

Shipments of Incandescent Lamps Illuminate at the Close of 2011 NEMA’s indexes for incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamp shipments increased by…

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March 23, 2012

National Geographic Light Bulb Savings Calculator

Editorial:  Interesting idea. Not sure how helpful it is… From a pure web development standpoint, this calculator is beautiful, elegant, and simple…

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New Labels Explained

New Light Bulb Labeling Explained

Excerpt from: http://allthingsd.com/20120117/picking-the-brightest-most-efficient-bulb/?refcat=reviews For years, we’ve measured light bulbs by watts, which indicate how much energy a bulb uses. But bulb brightness…

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March 16, 2012

First look at Philips L-Prize winning LED bulb

Information you should know when viewing this video: The bulb uses red and blue LED elements.  Blue LEDs are known to cause…

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The Light Bulb Legislation New Packaging Requirements

http://thelitehouse.com/bulb For the first time, the label on the front of the package will emphasize the bulb’s brightness as measured in lumens,…

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Is It Getting Dark Yet?

Note:   Excerpt from “How Many Congressmen Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb”http://cei.org/op-eds-articles/how-many-congressmen-does-it-take-screw-light-bulb It’s late in the day, and you…

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March 9, 2012

The Legislation that De-Funded the “Light Bulb Ban”

I have been in a conversation the last couple days with a couple people where we were trying to find the exact…

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February 20, 2012

Industry: Light bulb war a dim idea

Note:  This article was written in December 2011.  I am reprinting it here because some of the insights into the reasoning of…

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February 7, 2012

Light bulb dilemma: Shift to CFL lighting a concern

Credit: JOE MAHONEY/TIMES-DISPATCH Lois Fay, who has a disorder that makes her very sensitive to light, uses amber colored low-wattage bulbs in…

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February 2, 2012

New “Testimonials” Section Added to LightBulbChoice.com

There is nothing like a personal story to allow others understand what all the facts and figures actually mean…  to emphasize the…

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January 26, 2012

Missouri Bill deems bulb regulations not valid intrastate.

Missouri local state Rep. Chuck Gatschenberger and others have also, January 19, launched a bill 1146, that “Specifies that the intrastate manufacturing…

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