Posted by Chloe Maitland on 14th Aug 2018
As of September 2018, halogen light bulbs will be no longer sold across Europe due to them being extremely inefficient. There’s no need to worry, as LEDs are the perfect replacement.The halogen plan, which first emerged in 2016, is an EU-wide effort to improve energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions- what better way to do it other than with an LED replacement? A massive 15.2 tonne reduction is set to happen in Europe’s carbon footprint by 2025… Read more
Posted by Chloe Maitland on 16th Jul 2018
Every year, thousands of seabirds and sea turtles die from getting unintentionally netted by fishermen. However, researchers are shining a light on ways to prevent this problem occurring.Off the coast of Peru in 2011, a two and a half year experiment took place which involved the bycatch of cormorants, a fish-eating bird. Two nets were dropped into the ocean, one with LED lights attached and one without.At the end of the test period, it was appar… Read more
Posted by Chloe Maitland on 3rd Jul 2018
Beautifully breath-taking, Japan’s wildest light display is famed for using millions of LED light bulbs to depict astonishing scenes of nature from not only Japan, but around the world.The illuminations which Nabana no Sato have been creating for 14 years consists of two large tunnels which visitors are guided through. The older of the two tunnels (Kawazu Sakura) uses pink bulbs to mimic the growth of cherry blossoms through the tunnel whereas th… Read more
Posted by Nat Smith on 2nd Jul 2018
Before the world of energy-efficient lighting, it was easy to know how bright bulbs were. 60W was brighter than 40W, and 100W was even brighter. But now, watts are not the best way to measure a bulb’s brightness at all…
Lumens vs Watts
Now that the energy-efficient revolution of LEDs is well underway, watts are not an accurate representation of the light that is produced. For example, a 6W LED can produce the same amount of light… Read more