Cameron+F13

Cameron F. 2012-2013
 * THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS LIGHT BULBS HAVE ON ROOMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT**

The purpose of this analysis was to study the effects that light bulbs have on rooms and the environment. Energy flows through the filament in an incandescent light bulb causing it to heat up and to glow while some light bulbs based on newer technology use gas or semiconductor chips to make light. The experiments tested different types of light bulbs by measuring light, energy, heat, and RH using a Venier light sensor, a KILL A WATT, a Fieldpiece infrared gun style thermometer, and an Amprobe relative humidity temperature meter. The results showed that the new CFL and LED technologies gave off the most light, used the least amount of energy and gave off the least amount of heat thus had the least impact on the RH. It was determined that the LED light bulb was the most efficient in all areas tested and were the best light bulbs for homes and the environment.
 * ABSTRACT**

One thing that could be changed in the RH experiment to make it better is to use an air tight container instead of a fish tank that was not sealed. Another thing that could improve the experiments is to make sure that no other light is measured by the Venier sensor when the light bulbs are tested in the dark room. Interesting follow up experiments might be to test the new OLED technology to see if it performs better than the LED and CFL technologies and to test the new technologies (CFL, LED, OLED) to see if the ballast or electronic components create phantom loads.
 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS**

To read more about what I learned please down load my paper.