Remember, you can factor in both the replacement costs as well as the energy savings. Together, LED lamps just make sense. Compact fluorescent bulbs were supposedly the bomb - pushed by the government ...

Some 150,000 fluorescent lights will be rewired and replaced with more efficient LED bulbs.

But because fluorescent bulbs are themselves highly efficient, LED lights have so far achieved only a small foothold in business and industry.

Now that incandescent bulbs are on the way out, LED bulbs are a clear choice, but there are things to keep in mind when buying them.