We spoke at the beginning of the course, briefly, on how switching from incandescent light bulbs to LED lights or other more energy efficient lighting will be the first time in history where the human population is moving away from fire as our main source of light and energy. Traditionally speaking, this does not seem like a very good thing to some people but I wanted to provide some possible benefits of switching to more efficient lights!
Although the hue of the incandescent light is more familiar, homey and comforting to many people because that is what we are used to, there are ways to make LED lights less "harsh" on our eyes or basically make them more familiar or similar to incandescent lamps. (as I have shown with my previous post where I used tape and a sharpie to make a "gel" =])
According to the Energy Star website, if every American home replaced one incandescent bulb with an energy star approved bulb we would be saving enough energy to house 3 million homes for one whole year! We would also prevent 9 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions!
Switching bulbs also saves money! Every bulb saves about $4o in its lifetime!
This is all information that is probably already obvious and available for everyone but I wanted to relate all of this back to saving energy and money in theatre. I also wanted to introduce the notion that it might also potentially get rid of the amber shift and could make cues that would otherwise look "muddy" because of this amber shift more clear while at the same time being dim. Just a thought! =]
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