Progress in the LED lighting industry can best be measured in two separate metrics: pricing and efficiency. Pricing gets most of the attention, but so many factors affect it -- from the cost of ...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, reports another industry-best efficacy record of 231 lumens per watt for a white power LED. This result is a significant advance beyond Cree ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

Although incandescent light bulbs were banned back in August 2023 in the USA, most of us still think of old-school wattage when it comes to describing how bright a light bulb is. We can picture how ...

Two years after breaking the 200 lumens-per-watt (LPW) R&D efficacy barrier, Cree, Inc. delivers another industry first with the introduction of the Cree XLamp MK-R LEDs. The new MK-R LEDs leverage ...

LED maker Cree announced this week that it had achieved a new record in terms of lighting efficiency, harvesting 303 lumens per watt from a white high power LED at room temperature. This represents a ...

Now that incandescent bulbs are on the way out, LED bulbs are a clear choice, but there are things to keep in mind when buying them. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

Forget what you remember about your parents’ outdoor lights. The days of heavy, overbearing, even noisy outdoor lighting are over. LED exterior lighting is all the rage. Becoming popular starting ...

The Ikea Ledare E26 LED 400 lumens (Ikea) is part of the Lightbulbs test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Lightbulbs models like the Ledare E26 LED 400 lumens (Ikea) are rated on ...