This is a status report from the awesome work the DOE is doing to map the state of the art in lighting technology and continue to provide incentives to the indu

This is a status report from the awesome work the DOE is doing to map the state of the art in lighting technology and continue to provide incentives to the industry to keep advancing standards, efficiency, and quality in what it takes to get an energy star label. This is from a wide range of samples in 2011, things only get better from here. The DOE knows they didn't do so hot with CFLs and anybody you talk to will complain about them. They are not making the same mistake twice, and reports like this, as well and monitoring programs like CALIPER (http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/caliper.html http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/caliper.html) provide great independent data for consumers to read if they want real numbers. You have to realize that any CFL plant is just being run out to try and squeeze every last cent from the facility before it gets shut down, so the quality is going to drop as companies lose interest in them. If you buy from a reputable company (Philips, Cree, GE, etc.. etc..) you'll do much better than these averages. (I used to be in the lighting industry)