Turn off these appliances to keep your home as cool as possible during summer heat waves. While we enjoy the warm weather and sunshine, we don't love the heat waves that inevitably hit each summer.

During the summer months when temperatures soar, staying cool can be challenging, particularly when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep.

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The U.S. Department of Energy is banning the sale of energy inefficient light bulbs beginning Aug. 1, 2023. Given that incandescent and halogen light bulbs are far less energy efficient than LED ...

Because the names refer to different parts of the light bulb, they don't cancel each other out. However, there are other-shaped bulbs that also use the E26 bulb base.

Forget LEDs, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new type of incandescent light bulb. The device is capable of emitting elliptically polarized light, described as "twisted ...

Smart bulbs are typically more expensive than your average LED bulbs, but the ones on the cheaper side aren’t much more expensive. The cheapest we saw was the 60-watt Cree smart bulb that costs a ...

LED light bulbs are supposed to save consumers money while also sparing the environment, part of the reason why the federal government effectively banned the old-fashioned incandescent bulb on ...

In August, incandescent bulbs were largely banned in the US and could no longer be sold or made. The Energy Department says the change will reduce utility bills and carbon emissions. Ahead of the ...

Most, if not all, incandescent bulbs can’t meet new efficiency requirements of 45 lumens per watt, prohibiting them despite the absence of a blanket ban.

LED light bulbs use at least 75% less energy and last 25 to 50 times longer than incandescent bulbs, according to the Department of Energy, which estimates consumers will save nearly $3 billion a ...