America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

  • alokir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    The EU introduced a limitation to how much power electric devices can consume in off or standby mode.

    0.5 watt normally, 1 watt if they have a status display and 2-8 watts if they’re connected to a network.

    On a yearly basis this saves as much electricity as one of the member states (Romania) used in a year.

    My point is that small things add up to huge numbers.

    • notatoad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      LED bulbs aren’t really even a small thing.

      going from a 100W bulb to a 15W bulb, or a 60W bulb to a 2.5W bulb (that’s the actual conversion for the bulbs i’ve actually bought on amazon and am currently using, not hypothetical guesses) across 20-30 bulbs in a single house is a real actual big difference in energy savings.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Exactly. From this particular article/policy:

      Similarly, it projects that the rules could cut carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next 30 years.