5 Irreplaceable Facts about the Incandescent Ban You Should Know.
1. Environmental and Health Concerns
Incandescent lighting contributes a sizeable percentage of the world’s carbon emissions. That makes it bad for the environment.
Also, halogens and CFLs contain toxic chemicals like mercury that can be very harmful to human health and the environment.
That’s why LEDs are the best alternative available.
2. Cost
Despite the fact that incandescent light bulbs are the cheapest in the market, they are also the most expensive to maintain.
That’s mainly because of two things:
a) They are not very energy-efficient and use up a lot of energy to produce light.
b) They don’t last long and have to be replaced more often.
LEDs and CFLs make up for these two downsides.
3. Energy Star Qualification
Most incandescent bulbs have a very low energy star rating due to their inefficiency, cost and short lifespans.
That makes them inferior and unsuitable for green and energy-efficient lighting.
Also, the energy star rating is used to rate electronic products; showing which ones are good and which ones are bad.
The fact that most incandescent lights have a low rating is reason enough to phase them out, wouldn’t you agree?
4. Color Changing
In terms of color changing, CFLs and incandescent bulbs need filters in order to emit colored light. That limits the user to one king of color per bulb.
However, LEDs are designed to generate an entire spectrum of visible light colors.
5. Dimmability
When it comes to dimmability, different light technologies apply different techniques. However, some CFLs and all incandescent are not easily dimmable.
Halogens offer the best alternative to incandescent bulbs in terms of dimming. LEDs rely on drivers to offer dimmability features.
Basically, most LEDs are compatible with numerous dimming methods including 0~10V, TRIAC, and DALI.
Anyway, as we wrap up, it should now be vividly clear why the incandescent ban is necessary.
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You should also note that more and more countries have begun phasing out incandescent light technology to pave way for better and more efficient technologies like LED.
Therefore, sooner or later, everyone will have to switch to LED lights.