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LED light bulbs (Light Emitting Diodes) are not a new technology.  Back in the day, around the late 1960s, when LED light bulbs just began popping up in shops and businesses, bright red was the only color option available for everyone. These little bulbs were a game-changer for technology at the time, but their use was pretty limited. You'd usually spot them glowing as the turn-on signs for different gadgets like TVs and audio gear. If your TV was on, you’d spot that glowing red light …

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Berlin, Germany is an exclusive 5 star hotel, where celebrities flock during Fashion Week. he 303 rooms (40 of which are suites) have been exquisitely designed by Peter Silling who took inspiration from the Prussian architect Schinkel. When lowering energy costs and CO2 emissions it was important that the luxury hotel kept its ambience and antique decorative features. Philips replaced the incandescent lamps in the building with LED-Retrofit lamps. Novallu …

Technological progress since the Industrial Revolution has seen a series of advances which ‘kill off’ an older generation of product or activity. On the high seas, steel ships replaced wooden ones, steam replaced sail, and oil replaced coal. In the home, flat screen TVs killed off CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) televisions, and broadband killed off dial-up. In the world of lighting, LED light bulbs (with a little help from CFLs) will soon have killed off the incandescent lights inv …