Re:Closing the "green gap": energy savings from the math of ...
by ryao on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @08:33AM
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It was a pun. It should have been quality of life. Our rooms are better lit now, as the lumen output is higher.
On a more serious note, the CRI improved when going from fluorescent lighting to LEDs, when better quality LEDs were used. Thus quality of light is actually meaningful as more than a pun.
> A decent amount of the hypothetical savings from more efficient lighting was eaten by having even more lumens than previously as quality of light upgrades
I'm not sure what you mean by "quality of light upgrades". To be honest I hate the quality of light that LEDs give off. It's too "white bright", and I much prefer the quality of incandescent bulbs. I usually have LEDs much less brighter than they can go because otherwise I feel like there are floodlights in my house. Relatedly, I hate the switch to LED headlights. They're much too bright for oncoming drivers, and many car brands position them much too high.