Comments on: TOM DIXON’s GLOWB Eco-Light Giveaway on Wednesday!

By: Inhabitat » TOM DIXON LONDON GLOWB GIVEAWAY TOMORROW!!!

Inhabitat » TOM DIXON LONDON GLOWB GIVEAWAY TOMORROW!!! — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:30:24 +0000

[...] part of the awesome installation of eco GLOWB lights currently at Trafalgar Square in London for the Design Festival, Tom Dixon will be giving away 1000 [...]

By: John

John — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:09:25 +0000

There’s a lot more to Glowb than the technology inside them. Find out about all the thought that’s gone into the packaging, distribution and recycling of your old incandescent bulbs. This not just a light bulb, it’s something of a green crusade.

By: Sherwood

Sherwood — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:33:17 +0000

The mercury issue is a scare tactic used by poorly educated and/or misleading opponents of CFLs.
The mercury in a CFL is LESS than that produced by a coal-fired power plant to produce the additional electricity used to power an incandescent bulb. In addition, the mercury is contained – i.e. it can be recycled or disposed of properly (vs. mercury from a power plant that is put into the air we breath). As far as life cycle goes, lasting 10 times longer than incandescant is also pretty good.
Final verdict: CFL = green unless you are off the grid. (LED = really green!)
BTW, CFL light is also MUCH better quality than it was 5-10 years ago.

By: marc

marc — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:21:52 +0000

Those “eco” lights are using less power than an incandescent bulb to make the same amount of light, but inside, there is some mercury and other really toxic subtances… That’s an example of how it is complicated to be green : you have to consider the whole life cycle of an object. So those lamps are not very green.

By: Richie

Richie — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:31:05 +0000

So the ‘glowb’ has a more pleasant luminescence ? That’s great ,because anyway you slice it, energy saving flourescent bulbs give off horrible lighting. It will be nice to see what these ‘glowbs’ actually look like. Hopefully they’ll be a success in England and get released in the USA.

By: THOMAS GATHMAN

THOMAS GATHMAN — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:53:25 +0000

LESS ENERGY USE=MORE PERSONAL FREEDOMS