Why Fluorescent Lighting Isn’t Dead

The future of energy-efficient lighting, many experts will tell you, is the solid-state LED (light-emitting diode). You have already begun to see these tiny, bead-like lights in special applications such as traffic signals, exit signs, automotive headlights, and lightweight flashlights. Maybe you have begun to see them in high-end ambient room lighting applications, such as energy-efficient desk lamps and kitchen underlights. Don’t count fluorescents out yet, argues Francis Rubinstein of Lawrence Berkeley Labs