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A Bright Idea for the Lighting Industry
According to the US Department of Energy, lighting represents about 12% of energy consumption for residential buildings and 25% for commercial ones (presumably because commercial buildings are kept much brighter than residential homes on average). That’s a lot of energy, and despite recent improvements thanks to CFLs (<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/armorlite-cfl-no-mercury-exposure-when-bulb-breaks.php…Read the full story on TreeHugger
