Change Those Lightbulbs
Posted on May 02, 2008 - 10:15 AM
By: Adam Beazley
This is probably one of the most repeated “going green” techniques, but it is worth repeating. Regular incandescent light bulbs use a lot of electricity and generate a lot of heat, which adds to your overall cooling costs. There are two basic options when it comes to energy efficient lighting and they are Compact Fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL) and Light Emitting Diodes(LED) lightbulbs. Both have their strengths and weaknesses but are worth investing in; CFL’s have small amounts of Mercury, they last for ~10,000 hours cost between $4 and $10 and use less energy than incandescents; LEDs have NO Mercury, Last for ~50,000 hours, cost between $60 and $100 and use less energy than CFLs.
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