According to ENN Environmental News Network reported that the United States will no longer produce and sell 60 -watt and 40-watt incandescent after January 1, 2014, the retailer will not sell incandescent any more after replenishment of the stock .

In 2007, President George W. Bush signed the ” Energy Independence and National Security Act ” including gradual ban incandescent, the bill also contains provisions to improve circulation of lighting fixtures and electrical energy efficiency in the market for many years.

Consumers will benefit because of a total ban on incandescent light , but it will also benefit the environment , which can form a win-win situation. Currently, the sales of incandescent light is more than half of total sales of lamps , but the light has a low conversion efficiency , 90 % of the energy is converted into heat rather than light . In the past two years, the 75 -watt and 100 -watt incandescent light has gradually withdrawn from the market .

Noah Horowitz，director of the U.S. Centers for Energy Efficiency Natural Resources Defense Council , a senior scientist, said a total ban on incandescent lamps and use of LED lights including outdoor LED flood light can save $ 13 billion in energy costs each year. ( 1 U.S. dollar equals 6.07 yuan )

Those which currently can be used to replace incandescent lamps on the market are SlimStyle of Philips , energy saving soft white bulbs of General Electric. Philips SlimStyle LED lights currently is applying for the “Energy Star ” certification. Compared with the conventional 60 watt incandescent , the LED lamp including outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light can reduce the energy consumption of 5% , and the life of outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light is 5 times longer than the traditional lamp. The outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light has adjustable brightness and is brighter than compact fluorescent and its white light is softer. In addition , outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light are safer and lighter.

The compact fluorescent lamps is the first light replacing incandescent lighting products. Although the outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light are better than compact fluorescent lamps , and have longer life, but the higher initial investment of outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light makes that its market penetration is low. The market penetration of compact fluorescent light is high, consumers can buy in the general department stores and convenience stores ，but CFL contain the mercury，if it is broken，it will endanger human health , but also very difficult to deal with .

GE Energy Saving Soft White bulbs is suitable for those who do not accept the new LED lights or compact fluorescent. The appearance and illumination of the  GE Energy Saving Soft White bulbs  is almost the same as  that of outdoor LED flood light and other commercial and industrial and household LED light traditional incandescent but the level of energy consumption is 28% lower than that of traditional incandescent .Browsing http://www.lead-lighting.com/products/sid53-1.htm for more information about outdoor LED flood light.

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