{"id":1690,"date":"2019-09-18T01:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2019-09-18T01:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:12:33","slug":"let-there-be-lighting-choices-energy-department-tells-environmental-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2019\/09\/18\/let-there-be-lighting-choices-energy-department-tells-environmental-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Let There Be Lighting Choices, Energy Department Tells Environmental Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by DIPKA BHAMBHANI, <em>Forbes<\/em>, Spetember 5, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dipkabhambhani\/2019\/09\/05\/let-there-be-lighting-choices-energy-department-tells-environmental-groups\/#6d69e3b13bcc\">Let There Be Lighting Choices, Energy Department Tells Environmental Groups<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Energy has decided to preserve choice in half the U.S. lighting market, not restrict Americans to light-emitting diodes (LEDs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2019\/09\/05\/2019-18941\/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-general-service-incandescent-lamps\" target=\"_blank\">proposed rule<\/a>\u00a0published in the Federal Register today, DOE said Americans can choose to buy halogen, incandescent, compact fluorescent and LED bulbs for their specialty lighting fixtures instead of adhering to an interpretation of the law that would eliminate all incandescent bulbs by January 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOE\u2019s Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alex Fitzsimmons, told Forbes this week, \u201cConsumers can still purchase LEDs. What we are doing is allowing consumers to choose from a wider range of options.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ACEEE\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aceee.org\/sites\/default\/files\/bulb-standards-0803-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a>\u00a0shows the initial purchasing price of LEDs is higher than the purchasing price of similar lower-efficiency incandescent bulbs, but the inefficient bulbs would cost more in electricity use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The electricity cost for the incandescent would be $32.27 over 10 years while the electricity cost for the LED equivalent would be $3.23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dipkabhambhani\/2019\/02\/11\/how-many-administrations-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-light-bulb-rule\/#2f525eb7c4bc\">NEMA<\/a>&nbsp;said 2018 third quarter data shows LED bulbs account for about 65% of the consumer lamp market, followed by halogen incandescents, which account for about 28% of the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy the end of 2015, traditional incandescent lamps were virtually gone from store shelves and manufacturers were no longer shipping those lamps,\u201d NEMA said in its December 2018 blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Although whether incandescent light would be restricted is not yet settled, this article proves to us that LED lights are the major players of the current lighting industry in every possible way, ranging from manufacturing cost to energy efficiency. I think it is important to keep in mind that as long as lighting design is involved, it&#8217;s likely to be LED. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by DIPKA BHAMBHANI, Forbes, Spetember 5, 2019 Let There Be Lighting Choices, Energy Department Tells Environmental Groups The Department of Energy has decided to preserve choice in half the U.S. lighting market, not restrict Americans to light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In a\u00a0proposed rule\u00a0published in the Federal Register today, DOE said Americans can choose to buy halogen, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[238,240,45,239],"class_list":{"0":"post-1690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-energy-efficiency","9":"tag-key-player","10":"tag-led","11":"tag-lighting-market"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}