lighting Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 14 Jul 2018 20:33:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Hugely-Efficient LEDs Now Use Quantum Dots https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-dot-led-efficiency-20180714/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-dot-led-efficiency-20180714/#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2018 20:27:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=65944 Global warming and pollution are already impacting our lives. There are millions of deaths every year that are caused by them. For that reason, researchers from all over the world are looking for ways to make everything around us more energy efficient and use renewable resources. By implementing these strategies, we can reduce energy usage […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-dot-led-efficiency-20180714/feed/ 2 65944 Plants That Glow In The Dark Might Replace Home Lighting Systems https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plants-glow-dark-lighting-systems-20130510/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plants-glow-dark-lighting-systems-20130510/#respond Fri, 10 May 2013 18:10:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37118 The latest innovation in the field of genetic modification is set to create a unique kind of bioluminescent plants, which have the potential to replace home lighting installation systems, and why not even street lamps. A team of scientists based in California is trying to raise funding for their one a kind project. Their aim […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plants-glow-dark-lighting-systems-20130510/feed/ 0 37118 Very Efficient and Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/very-efficient-and-dimmable-compact-fluorescent-light-bulbs-20090414/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/very-efficient-and-dimmable-compact-fluorescent-light-bulbs-20090414/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:37:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3375 Most of us still use today the traditional incandescent light bulbs to light our homes. But as the traditional light bulbs have a high energy consumption, most turn nowadays to compact fluorescent light bulbs(CFLs).

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/very-efficient-and-dimmable-compact-fluorescent-light-bulbs-20090414/feed/ 8 3375 LED-powered Christmas Tree https://www.greenoptimistic.com/led-powered-christmas-tree-20080210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/led-powered-christmas-tree-20080210/#respond Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:22:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/10/led-powered-christmas-tree/ Ever thought about how much electricity does your Christmas tree consume? You need not to be scarce, but think on big scale how many Christmas trees are worldwide and how much each tree consumes. Read the tree’s lighting installation booklet, and you’ll see something about 10W… Multiply these 10W by 1 billion trees, let’s say, […]

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