Obama Touts Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs

The Hill reports:

President Obama said Monday that advanced lighting technology is an essential component of his administration’s push to make commercial buildings more energy efficient.

LED lighting is “going to make a huge difference, not just for businesses who use the technology, but also for a country that needs to figure out how do we operate in a more energy-efficient way, ” Obama said during a meeting of his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness at Cree, Inc., a manufacturer of LED lighting in Durham, N.C.

Obama’s remarks come as Republicans have proposed legislation to repeal a provision in a 2007 energy law that requires traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient beginning in 2012.