The pursuit of energy efficiency and keeping the nostalgia of Christmas past has been a challenge over the past decade. Christmas lighting has quickly evolved from incandescent bulbs to LED. In the ...

The downside of LEDs is the amount of blue light they give off. Excessive exposure to light at night can suppress melatonin, making it harder to fall asleep. In addition, staring at bright LEDs for ...

All the turkey has been digested, and all (or at least, most of) the Black Friday deals snatched. Whether you celebrate it or not, or whether you even decorate, you’ll be seeing lots and lots of ...

The monthly electric bill says it all: You can pay $13.65 a month to have colorful strands of Christmas lights outlining your home’s rooftop, or you can pay 22 cents. That’s the typical cost ...

Ask a designer or electrician about LED lightbulbs, and prepare to get a longer answer than you expected. In the last decade, LEDs bulbs — which contain an array of light-emitting diodes (a type of ...