Ma ke ʻano he kukui huelo kūpono, pono iā ia nā ʻano penei:
(1) ʻO ka ikaika kukui kiʻekiʻe a me ka hoʻolaha kūpono o ka ikaika kukui;
(2) Ka manawa piʻi wikiwiki o ka mālamalama i mua;
(3) Ola lōʻihi, mālama ʻole ʻia, hoʻohana haʻahaʻa i ka ikehu;
(4) Paʻa ikaika o ke kuapo;
(5) Maikaʻi ka haʻalulu a me ke kūpaʻa i ka hopena.
I kēia manawa, ʻo nā kumu kukui incandescent nā kukui uila i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kukui hope o ke kaʻa. Eia kekahi, ua puka mai kekahi mau kumu kukui hou, e like me ka light emitting diode (LED) a me nā kukui neon.