After my column about my day at GE Lighting in East Cleveland, I heard from many of you who said, in effect, nice column -- but why didn't you answer my question about compact fluorescent and LED ...

You see them in every grocery store and home center - those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing the old round bulbs. And pretty soon, the Energy ...

To illustrate their point that Democrats are expanding government too much, many Republican lawmakers are citing a new law on light bulbs. The law, which sets standards to make the bulbs more ...

State regulators have pulled the plug -- temporarily -- on FirstEnergy Corp's controversial program to deliver energy-efficient light bulbs to customers and then charge them. Alan Schriber, chairman ...

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People who want greener homes and lower electricity bills are increasingly switching to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), but the spiral-shaped bulbs are turning off some consumers because ...

The circuit diagrams pertain to how compact fluorescent lamps were made to provide several benefits like longer life span and lower power consumption as compared with classic light bulbs. One of the ...

threat to health and the environment than previously thought. The story details how when one consumer broke a CFL in her home, she was referred to a mercury cleanup company that wanted to charge ...

Q. The price of compact fluorescent bulbs has come down and I am ready to try them. Do they really save as much as is advertised? Which ones provide the best light quality and how do I dispose of old ...

A new study suggests that certain types of the energy-saving lightbulbs can become damaged and then may hurt skin cells The curlicue compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) oft touted as an Earth-friendly ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...