Area merchants, consumers welcome switch to LED lighting
It will be lights out next year for the 100-watt incandescent light bulbs found in many homes today.
But that doesn't mean consumers will be left in the dark.
In fact, households will have more light choices than ever, though they may have to pay a bit more for them, according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Incandescent bulbs are being phased out as manufacturers comply with the federal Security Act of 2007, also known as the Energy Bill.
Part of the law sets standards for light bulbs and phase one kicks in next January. Common household light bulbs that use between 40 and 100 watts must use at least 27 percent less energy by 2014, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The law applies to the manufacture date.
In response to these changes, manufacturers have been scrambling to produce alternatives. So far, the results include a halogen bulb, described as a more energy-efficient incandescent; compact fluorescent light bulbs, known as CFLs, and light-emitting diodes, known as LEDs.
The latter are at least 75 percent more energy-efficient than traditional bulbs but at a higher cost.I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net.
Two bulb manufacturers, for example, recently showcased LED bulbs costing $50 that are bright enough to replace the 100-watt bulbs.
While they cost more initially, LED bulbs last much longer than other bulbs.
"The great thing about America's transition to energy-efficient lighting is that there are multiple choices for consumers to choose from," said Joseph Higbee, spokesman for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Fortunately for consumers, halogens and CFLs, with starting prices under $10, are not as expensive.
Fred Kuehl, supervisor of the electrical department at The Home Depot store in Daytona Beach, said consumers can expect LEDs to come down in price in the next year or two as demand heats up.
The price was not an issue for Daytona Beach Shores resident Harvey Lyons, who spent time Thursday shopping at The Home Depot store in search of an LED to replace a bulb in a ceiling fan at his home.
"I have been trying to cut down on the amount of electricity I use," said Lyons, who was looking for an LED that was equivalent to the traditional 60-watt bulb.
Wholesale Lighting Inc. in South Daytona, an independently owned store, sells a variety of the replacement bulb options including a $12.The settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs99 CFL bulb that would be equivalent to a 100-watt light.
"People are panicking. They think they have to get rid of their (traditional) light bulbs," said the store's owner, Rose Ann Tornatore.
One female customer purchased about 12 cases of incandescent bulbs last year.
There have been published reports of residents in other communities stocking up on incandescent bulbs for fear they are going to be banned from using them.
"They are not being banned," Higbee said,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. adding consumers can continue to use any bulbs they have at home.
They will have choices, he said, when it comes time to replace them. "It may take a more educated buyer to get exactly what you want," he said.
Both Kuehl and Higbee noted consumers will save money over time using either CFLs or LEDs. A chart on the wall at The Home Depot suggest consumers could save thousands of dollars using the new technology compared with the traditional bulbs.
One concern about CFLs, however, is that they contain a small amount of mercury. They will need to be properly recycled as opposed to put in with the other garbage, Kuehl said.
The second part of the 2007 law, which goes into effect in 2020, requires that most bulbs be 60 to 70 percent more efficient than today's standard light bulb.
Mike Garrity, owner of Argent LED, a lighting business in Daytona Beach, said the move toward LED bulbs is about more than the individual homeowner.
"If you only look at it for your home, it doesn't make enough sense,The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting.In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards. but as a whole it makes great economic sense for the country to cut back on emissions output," he said.
It will be lights out next year for the 100-watt incandescent light bulbs found in many homes today.
But that doesn't mean consumers will be left in the dark.
In fact, households will have more light choices than ever, though they may have to pay a bit more for them, according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Incandescent bulbs are being phased out as manufacturers comply with the federal Security Act of 2007, also known as the Energy Bill.
Part of the law sets standards for light bulbs and phase one kicks in next January. Common household light bulbs that use between 40 and 100 watts must use at least 27 percent less energy by 2014, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The law applies to the manufacture date.
In response to these changes, manufacturers have been scrambling to produce alternatives. So far, the results include a halogen bulb, described as a more energy-efficient incandescent; compact fluorescent light bulbs, known as CFLs, and light-emitting diodes, known as LEDs.
The latter are at least 75 percent more energy-efficient than traditional bulbs but at a higher cost.I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net.
Two bulb manufacturers, for example, recently showcased LED bulbs costing $50 that are bright enough to replace the 100-watt bulbs.
While they cost more initially, LED bulbs last much longer than other bulbs.
"The great thing about America's transition to energy-efficient lighting is that there are multiple choices for consumers to choose from," said Joseph Higbee, spokesman for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Fortunately for consumers, halogens and CFLs, with starting prices under $10, are not as expensive.
Fred Kuehl, supervisor of the electrical department at The Home Depot store in Daytona Beach, said consumers can expect LEDs to come down in price in the next year or two as demand heats up.
The price was not an issue for Daytona Beach Shores resident Harvey Lyons, who spent time Thursday shopping at The Home Depot store in search of an LED to replace a bulb in a ceiling fan at his home.
"I have been trying to cut down on the amount of electricity I use," said Lyons, who was looking for an LED that was equivalent to the traditional 60-watt bulb.
Wholesale Lighting Inc. in South Daytona, an independently owned store, sells a variety of the replacement bulb options including a $12.The settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs99 CFL bulb that would be equivalent to a 100-watt light.
"People are panicking. They think they have to get rid of their (traditional) light bulbs," said the store's owner, Rose Ann Tornatore.
One female customer purchased about 12 cases of incandescent bulbs last year.
There have been published reports of residents in other communities stocking up on incandescent bulbs for fear they are going to be banned from using them.
"They are not being banned," Higbee said,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. adding consumers can continue to use any bulbs they have at home.
They will have choices, he said, when it comes time to replace them. "It may take a more educated buyer to get exactly what you want," he said.
Both Kuehl and Higbee noted consumers will save money over time using either CFLs or LEDs. A chart on the wall at The Home Depot suggest consumers could save thousands of dollars using the new technology compared with the traditional bulbs.
One concern about CFLs, however, is that they contain a small amount of mercury. They will need to be properly recycled as opposed to put in with the other garbage, Kuehl said.
The second part of the 2007 law, which goes into effect in 2020, requires that most bulbs be 60 to 70 percent more efficient than today's standard light bulb.
Mike Garrity, owner of Argent LED, a lighting business in Daytona Beach, said the move toward LED bulbs is about more than the individual homeowner.
"If you only look at it for your home, it doesn't make enough sense,The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting.In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards. but as a whole it makes great economic sense for the country to cut back on emissions output," he said.
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