What is the bulb right?

To choose the right alternative to incandescent bulbs is necessary to keep in mind some important factors.

Energy efficiency

The energy efficiency of compact fluorescent and LED bulbs is higher than that of a halogen. It is therefore very important to choose the right power to replace a traditional light bulb of 100 Watts. All it takes 20 Watts of compact fluorescent or 65/70 a halogen for the same light intensity.

Shades of light

There are different types of energy saving light bulbs but before you choose which bulb to purchase, you need to consider what is the environment to be illuminated and which activities take place.Halogen light bulbs are characterized by a bright light very similar to incandescent bulbs. Compact fluorescents are available in different shades of light, from warm to cold ones. At the time of selection you must carefully choose the shades most suitable for the environment that you must illuminate.LED bulbs are available in warm shade, cold, or colored.

The color temperature

The choice of the temperature of the colour often depends on personal taste, by the customs of his country, from the architecture of the places and the subjective perception. The color temperature is measured in degrees kelvin. Are available lamps with the shades from 2700 kelvin (very warm light) to 6500 kelvin (light, very cold).On the packaging of the compact fluorescent bulbs is generally referred to the color, expressed in degrees kelvin or a description of colour temperature.

Some tips

The houses are furnished with wooden furniture in a rustic style lend themselves to be enlightened in way more heat, while the furnishings are light, the marble and the chrome stand out more in a cold light and/or daylight. The shades of light, warm, awaken sensations of pleasure and relaxation, while the neutral tones, and in the daytime are the most appropriate to illuminate the environments of the house intended for the activities of study and work.

Curiosity

The people who live in countries more to the North they prefer light shade in hot, as well as those who live in the South it prefers light shade colder.
Choose the formal energy-saving light bulbs are on the market in different forms, ranging from the simple to the tubes, to the more complex spiral, up to the bulb resembling the shape of light bulbs classic bulbs.The different shapes have no particular influence on the type of light emitted, therefore, the choice between various typologies is exclusively aesthetic.