Buy compact fluorescent light bulbs now
Changing all the light bulbs in your home to compact CFLs is a simple and inexpensive way to cut the amount of energy you consume.
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| Environmental Defense | Energy saving light bulb finder, part of their "Make the Switch" campaign. Take the One Million-Bulb Swap Out pledge |
| Energy Star store locator* | Online search for CFL retailers near you |
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LetsGoGreen offers ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs in lots of shapes and sizes. Purchase products here and 25% of every dollar comes back to New Dream |
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Why it’s important
According to the US Department of Energy, lighting accounts for 22% of the electricity used in the United States. Energy Star CFL bulbs use about 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs, last up to 10 times longer, save about $30 or more in electricity costs over each bulb's lifetime, and produce about 75 percent less heat. In fact, the Department of Energy says that if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star CFL bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and the greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars!
Learn more
- The Benefits of Compact Fluorescent Lighting - from Greenfeet.com
- Energy Star's CFL page
- Green Seal Choose Report on CFLs (pdf file)
- Energy Efficient Lighting
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