Ikea to sell only LED-based lighting by 2016, wants to be greener than your sofa bed

While some wouldn't necessarily associate Ikea with eco-friendliness given that its business revolves around plywood, the furniture chain has just staked out a clearer position as a green pioneer. It's phasing out sales of all lighting that isn't LED-based by 2016, making it the first major home furnishing shop with a US presence to entirely banish less efficient illumination. Ikea also wants to take advantage of its economies of scale with the "lowest price on the market" for LEDs, which could shake up an industry where anything beyond incandescent technology usually carries a premium. We'll still have some time to wait for the full switch, but the company at least plans to practice what it preaches by replacing over a million store lights with LEDs -- so those of us with no light replacement plans can still feel as green as the Beddinge Håvet we're taking home. [Image credit: Rainchill, Wikipedia]Continue reading Ikea to sell only LED-based lighting by 2016, wants to be greener than your sofa bedFiled under: HouseholdIkea to sell only LED-based lighting by 2016, wants to be greener than your sofa bed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Commentspreferred free shipping codes suitable for cardone 64 1201 remanufactured diesel preferred free shipping codes suitable for street scene 950 72126 universal fibe preferred google coupons over magnetic corvette third brake housing buy cheap 20 preferred google coupons over muteki black spline drive 12x1 25 buy cheap 2012 a preferred highstreet voucher codes over 1969 1976 corvette windshield header cor preferred highstreet voucher codes over kwik way kww104 1000 02 brake deluxe ada preferred in store coupons available for cardone 16 4114 remanufactured brake ca preferred in store coupons available for imperial 7103 thin keensert install buy preferred internet coupons for coleman cable 08862 25 foot ultra heavy duty buy preferred local coupons for cardone 16 4096 remanufactured domestic caliper buy preferred local coupons for german bolts 14mmx1 5 60mm shank buy cheap 2012 amaz preferred online codes for the kleentec inhibitor additive parts washers buy che preferred online coupon codes at memphis shades sportsheild without gradient buy preferred online coupon codes at otc tools otc5008 service jack buy cheap 2012 a preferred online coupons in baldor 332b 4 horsepower industrial buffer buy cheap preferred online coupons in custom moldings 2008 current imperial metallic buy c preferred online coupons just for acdelco 215 337 fuel pump assembly buy cheap 2 preferred online coupons just for eurospare 1023amz9464 headlight assembly buy c preferred online coupons to acdelco d1498c switch assembly buy cheap 2012 amazon preferred online coupons to milwaukee 0880 20 18 volt cordless vacuum buy cheap preferred on line coupons to receive 3m 01070 hookit dust free finishing buy che preferred online coupons to receive acdelco d6217d switch assembly buy cheap 201 preferred on line coupons to receive splined shaft clutch flywheel handler buy c preferred online deals on devilbiss dev803375 value waterborne package buy cheap preferred online deals on midtronics pbt300 battery charging starting buy cheap preferred online deals on midtronics pbt300 battery charging starting buy cheap preferred online printable coupons suitable for flywheel gr wheel grey 5 buy che preferred online printable coupons suitable for rampage 86510 recovery bumper st preferred origins coupons on maier hood scooped yfm 51001 30 buy cheap 2012 amaz preferred origins coupons on omega lift equipment magic stand buy cheap 2012 ama