Walking through a parking garage this week, I did what I always do: I looked up. The garage had invested in some energy efficient 2 lamp T8 vaportite units. They were, by my best guess, 4 1/2 years old based on some of the outages I noticed. Considering they more...
Standing in the frozen food aisle of your local grocery store, you’re faced with an all too important decision: Chunky Monkey or Cherry Garcia? As enticing as a pint of your favorite flavor can be, there may be a more subtle factor at work in the form of a light...
By now you’ve probably heard about some of the big changes happening to general service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs). Recently the DOE has pushed for stricter standards on GSFLs established by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Although certain types of T12 lamps will...
Is it just me, or are fluorescent lamps getting a bad rap? Sure their T12’s aren’t pulling their weight in the efficiency game, and it’s true that CFLs do contain trace amounts of mercury (FYI—there’s more mercury in your tuna fish sandwich than your CFL so you can...
