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New LED Light Bulb 80% more efficient
Philips Unveils New LED Light Bulb to Replace the Most Common Household Bulb:
Environmental News Network, May 13, 2010
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41320
Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its breakthrough EnduraLED light bulb. This bulb will be the world's first LED replacement for the 60 watt incandescent light bulb, which represents about half of all domestic incandescent light bulbs sold on the market. The EnduraLED lamp will use only 12 watts, last 25 times longer, and deliver up to eighty percent savings on energy costs and avoided maintenance costs. However, the new bulb will produce a light level of 806 lumens, similar to the 60 watt incandescent. If all incandescent bulbs used in the U.S. were to be replaced by the new EnduraLED light bulbs, Philips estimates the potential saving of 32.6 terawatt-hours of electricity in one year. This would be equivalent to power the lights of 16.7 million households.