Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two

by The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

The standard incandescent light bulb, which still works mainly as Thomas Edison invented it, converts more than 90% of the consumed electricity into heat. Given the availability of newer lighting technologies that convert a greater percentage of electricity into useful light, there is potential to decrease the amount of energy used for lighting in both commercial and residential applications. Although technologies such as compact fluorescent lamps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309452570
• ISBN13: 9780309452571
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 116 Pages