Lighting · Recorded milestone
LED light bulb
Recorded year2008
White LED bulbs use a fifth of the power of incandescents.
Explore this milestone on the interactive mapBuilt on
- National electricity gridRecorded · 1926requires
- Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958requires
- Blue LEDRecorded · 1993enables
- White LEDRecorded · 1996enables
Led to
- App-controlled smart bulbsRecorded · 2012enables
- Artificial sunlight skylightRecorded · 2014enables
- Mass LED bulb programmeRecorded · 2015enables
- Kitchen wall farmRecorded · 2020enables
- Germ-killing room lightsRecorded · 2025enables
- Fluorescent tubes phased outForecast · ~2027enables
- Glowing houseplant lampsForecast · ~2060enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.