Regular light bulbs, also known as incandescent light bulbs, are an old invention. They still work to this day, but they have a serious disadvantage: they are extremely inefficient. The efficiency of an incandescent light bulb is estimated to be a tiny 10%, which means the bulbs turn 90% of the energy they consume into heat, not light. This is a huge waste. Luckily, they have a good replacement: compact fluorescent light bulbs. » Read more: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs – Get More For Less
Fluorescent Desk Lamp – Should You Replace it With a More Efficient Model?
Replace your fluorescent desk lamp with a newer more efficient model and you will be surprised how well you see. Desk lamps have come a long way since they first went fluorescent in the 1950′s. Gone are the buzzing, flickering tubes of yesteryear. Today’s fluorescent lights are quiet and steady. In the past fluorescent bulbs could take minutes to warm up and begin emitting light – now they turn on with the flick of a switch. » Read more: Fluorescent Desk Lamp – Should You Replace it With a More Efficient Model?
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Home Energy Efficiency Made Beautiful With Fluorescent Lighting
You want an energy efficient home, but you don’t want to lose the mood, the drama or the designer look you like so much. Yet the only way to enjoy significant savings on the monthly utility bill requires switching to fluorescent lighting; that god awful replacement that flickers, hums and threatens to make your living space look as stylish as the cafeteria at the local elementary school. What to do? Get hip to modern improvements that make fluorescent lighting economical, flexible and – yes – beautiful. » Read more: Home Energy Efficiency Made Beautiful With Fluorescent Lighting
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What is Fluorescent Lighting?
Understanding how fluorescent light tubes work begins with a basic understanding of how light is produced. The basic unit of light is the light photon, which is released by an atom when its electrons become energized. As you may know, electrons are negatively charged particles that orbit around an atom’s positively charged nucleus. Electrons have different levels of energy, and move when energy is gained or lost by the atom. When heat passes energy to an atom, electrons quickly shift to another orbital, and almost instantaneously jump back to their original positions. As the return jump takes place, extra energy can be released in the form of a light photon, thus creating light. » Read more: What is Fluorescent Lighting?
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Fluorescent Kitchen Lighting Can Make Very Effective Kitchen Task and Ambient Lighting
Fluorescent kitchen lighting can be used for everything from task to ambient lighting and just about everything else in-between. Kitchens today are the center of just about anything and everything that happens in the home so it is not realistic to think that one light is going to be enough, like in the old days. Between being used as a place to eat dinners, for family members to meet, do homework, pay bills, or whatever else you might do in your kitchen it is necessary to have a lot of different types of kitchen lighting and fluorescent is one of the most important types for a lot of different task. » Read more: Fluorescent Kitchen Lighting Can Make Very Effective Kitchen Task and Ambient Lighting
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Fluorescent Diffuser Light Panels Can Look Great!
There is no doubt that fluorescent lights are not the best looking light fixtures in the world. In fact, they are typically very boring and sometimes downright ugly. Still, people put up with the way they look because fluorescent bulbs come with many advantages with one of the most significant being monetary savings. » Read more: Fluorescent Diffuser Light Panels Can Look Great!
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Fluorescent Light Panels Are Affordable
In today’s economy, it is important to get the most out of our dollar. With that said, decorating and improving the appearance of a room has often been placed on the back burner for many people. The main reason this happens is because it is expensive a lot of times to decorate or revamp a room. For people who have around $50-$60 to spend on a room, fluorescent light panels might be an excellent option for you- this is of course, if you have fluorescent lights! » Read more: Fluorescent Light Panels Are Affordable
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Why Every Homeowner Should Use Fluorescent Light Bulbs
If you’re trying to make your home eco-friendly, you’ve probably heard all about fluorescent light bulbs, and how they can save you a lot of money. Not only are they great for financial reasons, they are also energy efficient. In fact, if every American homeowner replaced only one light bulb with a fluorescent light bulb, this country could save $600 million or more in energy costs annually! The energy that we would save would be enough to light three to four million homes each year. » Read more: Why Every Homeowner Should Use Fluorescent Light Bulbs
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Freshen Up Your Home with Acrylic Shade Pendant Lighting
Pendant lighting is not a new idea, given the fact that it has been around for decades. The rule with this kind of lighting is that it provides centered illumination to the area surrounding it. No other kind of lighting offers the ability to create and maintain a mood like pendant lighting. They cast shadows and hang delicately, offering a unique solution for your lighting scheme. » Read more: Freshen Up Your Home with Acrylic Shade Pendant Lighting
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Commercial Fluorescent Lights For Energy Efficiency and Operating Cost Reduction
Recent laws have been passed that require all incandescent lights to be replaced by 2010 at the latest. Because of this, commercial fluorescent lights are going to play a major role in future lighting design for businesses, non-profits, schools, and municipalities in the years to come. We recommend you encourage your clients to invest now rather than wait until the last minute, as parts shortages are sure to follow on the heels of procrastination. » Read more: Commercial Fluorescent Lights For Energy Efficiency and Operating Cost Reduction
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Improving Your Lighting With Fluorescent Diffusers
Step into a home today and three times out of five you will walk into a room with fluorescent lighting. With each passing year more home owners are turning to the welcomed efficiency found with this form of illumination. One of the reasons behind this trend is the improvement that has been made with the variety and style options available with fluorescent lighting. In the past, standard fluorescent lights were really plain and rather harsh on the eyes. Today however, that problem has easily been resolved thanks to the introduction of fluorescent light diffusers. Fluorescent light diffusers provide people with option of altering the intensity or focus of installed lighting. For even better results in design, the added aesthetic touch of decorative light panels can also be used. This type of lighting allows people to not only cater to the look of their walls and furniture but to their lighting sources as well. There are so many design options available to people today. » Read more: Improving Your Lighting With Fluorescent Diffusers