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Aug 5, 2011

Philips Wins DOE's $10 Million L Prize for 60W Incandescent Kller

Put your pig-tail light bulb aversions aside, because Philips has just won the DOE's $10 million L Prize Competition for the creation of a decidedly non-curlicue 60W equivalentLED lighting solution. The company was named the first winner in the 60W replacement bulb category at a Washington DC event.

It's taken three years to find a winner that could meet the high standards set forth by the DOE, specifically "ensuring that performance, quality, lifetime, cost, and availability meet expectations for widespread adoption and mass manufacturing."

Requirements further stipulated that the 60W incandescent killer use less than 10 watts of power, and provide energy savings of 83 percent. If Americans replaced all of their 60W incandescents with Philips' little winner, the DOE estimates savings of $3.9 billion in a single year. The bulb is expected to hit shelves as soon as early 2012. 

18 comments:

  1. GMSoccerPicksAugust 5, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    3.9b savings per year is huge. Thats great news.

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  2. MilkyAugust 5, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    This looks awesome, and if it helps save money and helps save the environment then that's class.

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  3. T PaparAugust 5, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    thats good news. i m interested in anything that has to do with power saving because electricity bills are skyrocketing here

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  4. Icepax_NmirAugust 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    That's amazing news =D

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  5. Poetry of the DayAugust 5, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    This is awesome, i cant wait to get one of these!!
    Dantes Inferno

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  6. AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Seems nice!

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  7. UnknownAugust 5, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Definitely good news!

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  8. MarkAugust 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    It does seem like something good, but I think the design might put people off.

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  9. Ting KubbyAugust 5, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    The world needs more products like this.

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  10. Comic Book ClubAugust 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    that's awsome .

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  11. StyronAugust 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    bahaha xd

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  12. Diego SousaAugust 5, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    yeah! lets save money!

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  13. MochileiroAugust 5, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Good news!

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  14. SoreLosersGamingAugust 5, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    That is a lot of saving. I dunno, though, is this gonna light up quicker than a normal energy saving bulb. The big problem with them is that they take like 10 minutes to light up.

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  15. Electric AddictAugust 5, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    cool stuff

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  16. marrujoaAugust 5, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Wow, awesome. 10M dollars too, thats incredible.

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  17. CarmAugust 6, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    That's really good news!

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  18. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    leds are everywhere now :/

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