Toshiba hauled the gate shut for the final time on its incandescent light bulb factory today–ending a production run that dates back to 1890. The reason? The eco-unfriendly, inefficient, ...

The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 set lighting requirements that, in essence, outlaw the familiar incandescent light bulb. The impact of lighting mandates on energy security is ...

The line worker at the GE Lighting plant in Circleville is pictured on a light-bulb display in Wal-Mart stores across the country. She is one of the faces of an initiative by the retailer to sell more ...

The founding partners of CO–G elevate mundane materials as they cleverly divide the space for work, rest, and play. Now a one-bedroom, it flexes from family home to makerspace with ease. As dawn ...

Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

A revolution is upsetting the lighting business as LED light bulbs replace energy-hogging incandescent ones. This is good news for consumers, and the environment; using less energy reduces the ...

In 2007, Congress passed an energy bill that placed stringent efficiency requirements on ordinary incandescent bulbs in an attempt to phase them out beginning in 2012 and have them completely gone by ...

The House will vote on Rep. Joe Barton’s, R-Texas, Better Use of Light Bulbs (BULB Act) tonight according to Republican leadership sources. The BULB Act would repeal Title III of the Energy ...

Her art has sometimes involved creating an avatar of herself, sending robot vacuum cleaners into an urban demolition zone, and capturing the lives of workers in a light bulb factory in the Pearl River ...

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