New rules flip the the switch to make LEDs household bulbs of choice

By Tracy Lehr

August 1, 2023 12:11 am

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -Blue-light emitting diodes or LEDs that helped UCSB faculty member Shuji Nakamura win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 are now a must have.

August first is the beginning of an incandescent light bulb ban with some U.S. Dept. of Energy exceptions.