My office is always incredibly warm compared to the rest of the house. I have a high-end computer (i5-2500k overclocked CPU, dual GTX-480 in SLI, etc) so I moved the PC into the basement and ran ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Conventional incandescent light bulbs are tremendously inefficient. Only about 10% of the energy used to power the light bulb actually goes to producing light, and the remaining 90% is emitted as heat ...

As an engineer, I like to think about the grey areas in life. While incandescent light bulbs are only about 20% efficient at converting electricity into light, they are a good source of heat (being a ...

Questions are being raised about whether so-called energy saving light bulbs might cause cold-weather Canadians to burn more energy to heat their homes than if they were to use regular light bulbs.