Hi-tech Lighting Comes to Your Home

Lighting accounts for over 11% of your typical electricity bill. Swapping out your incandescent bulbs with Compact Fluorescents is the first place to start and could save you $150 or more on your energy bill. But if you want your eco lighting to be a little more fabulous, check out these uber-stylish and futuristic lamps. They look hot and are easy on the energy usage. Nice combo? Yes, we think so too.

Twistable LED Z-Bar Lamps by Koncept

$170

The Z-Bar(pictured above) can twist into any configuration imaginable, and its bar of LED lights is not only super bright and energy efficient, it's also dimmable and available in both daylight and warm light options. Be sure to check out the standing version called i-Tower for $200.

Luceplan Reinvents Lighting

Zeno & Pod Lens

Leave it to bold Italian designers Rossi & Tedesco to figure out a way to channel natural sunlight indoors, and with style to boot. Using fiber optics, the revolutionary Zeno light uses zero electricity during the day and burns an energy efficient bulb at night.
Luceplan also offers a jewel-like Pod Lens, available in different colors and shapes for $120. Find them both at All Modern Lighting.

Malibu Solar Outdoor Lighting

$56 for a set of 4

Most of us have seen those dim photovoltaic outdoor lights…they're not much in the way of drama. So if you want to boldly light-up your trees and garden elements, try these super-charged outdoor PV lamps. These hot little numbers are available in a set of 4 from Amazon.

Verilux Natural Spectrum Light

for $69.95

These amazing portable lights use a patented compact fluorescent bulb, delivering a bright full-spectrum light that replicates daylight and is naturally tuned to your eyes. Read all about these nifty portable lights at ULVA.

Effervescence Floor Lamp

$225

The elegant and whimsical Effervescence floor lamp inspired by the Calla lily will deliver a sparkle to your living room using energy-efficient halogen bulbs.