Energy -saving lamps from Philips

The sausage that won the US Department of Energy Prize is available on retail sale at a price of $ 50, compared with the initial $ 60 apiece.

The company said that it plans to bring the cost to only $ 25.

10-watt LED lamps (LEDs) are considered an effective alternative to a standard 60-watt incandescent lamp and are designed for 30,000 hours, the latter-when used within 4 hours a day, which is translated as continuous operation into more than two decades.

For consumers, according to Philips, the price is easily compensated by energy conservation

$ 165 during its existence.

A new lamp, which gives at least 940 lumen, soft white light, is 83 % more energy than standard 60-vat incandescent lamps, said Philips Executive Director Ed. Ed Crouford in an ad of the upcoming discount.

Incandescent lamps in countries around the world were gradually replaced by energy -saving versions of CFL containing toxic mercury, which makes them dangerous to throw them into garbage.

Philips energy -saving lamps, which do not contain mercury, began life in 2009 after 18 months of testing.

According to Philips, if each 60-WATTLE incandescent lamp in the United States

will be replaced by their product, the country will save about 35 teravat hours of electricity, or 3.9 billion. dollars a year.

A nationwide transition will also avoid 20 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which is equivalent to the equivalent of removal from roads about 4 million cars.

Philips said she has partnerships with more than 280 American companies.