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Talk about energy-efficient lighting these days, and there are two technologies that are sure to dominate the discussion: fluorescents (usually compact fluorescents) and light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. As a lighting designer in California - where energy regulations are the strictest in the nation - I have a lot of these conversations. And I can tell you that rather than getting turned on by these newer, watt-saving technologies, most people are immediately turned off.

Why? Because most people have already had a lifetime of bad experiences with flickering, buzzing fluorescents and know little about LEDs, except that they’ve become ubiquitous as strings of the latest must-have holiday lights.

It’s not that these new light sources aren’t as good—or better—than the incandescent bulbs they’re designed to replace. But here is a classic example of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole (or in lighting terms, a pin connector into a screw-in socket). We keep expecting these new lighting technologies to act (and cost) the same as the old ones. The problem is that they don’t.
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