More on LED lighting...

So after reading those documents it is important to note that LED lighting uses similar energy to fluorescent lighting, and the reason they are lower in heat output is that they typically radiate their heat up into the celling or wall (which is bad if it is an insulated space). So I don't know if LEDs deserve a green rating (one wonders what hurts the planet more LED manufacturing or Compact Fluorescent?). What I am really interested in is the colur changing capabilities of these lights. How cool would it be if at a dinner party you changed the lights subtly in the living room to cool and at the dinner table to warm to get folks to gravitate to the table? Gotta look for a fixture that lets me do that!

Forget Plastics LED is the future!

Most of us love the look of those nice halogen lights that are used to fill in the lighting in a room. I was recently at a co-workers house in his brand new basement and it looked great, but after 3 hours under his halogen lights I was sweating like a pig! I was at the state fair and saw a display about residential lighting using LED! This is the latest thing. Similar look to halogens and much lower power and heat.

RPI has a great site that explains residential LED lighting options.