Comments on: How Many Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Does It Take to Close 705 Coal Plants?

By: Led eco lighting

Led eco lighting — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:43:19 +0000

Leds are getting better, more available and cheaper every year. Hopefully it wont be long before everyone can afford to implement these eco friendly alternatives

By: Brad Buscher

Brad Buscher — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:21:40 +0000

As this article states, switching from incandescent lights to fluorescents provides significant energy savings, as well as cost savings throughout the long life of these lights. To be a truly green solution, used lights should be stored, packaged and transported to recycling facilities in packaging configurations proven to effectively contain mercury vapor emissions. Yet a recent study shows that many packages used to store and transport these lights do not provide sufficient protection against these hazardous vapors. Learn more at vaporlok.blogspot.com.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:35:27 +0000

wow, it's pretty good. LED light s are bound to be the future trend.

By: How Many Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Does It Take to Close 705 Coal Plants? | LUMENerds

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:10:27 +0000

[...] Read Full Article at PlanetSave The lighting sector is on the edge of a spectacular revolution, a shift from the century-old, inefficient incandescent light bulb to far more efficient technologies. Perhaps the quickest, most profitable way to reduce electricity use worldwide—thus cutting carbon emissions—is simply to change light bulbs. The first advance in this field came with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). Replacing old-fashioned inefficient incandescent bulbs that are still widely used today with new CFLs can reduce the electricity used for lighting by three fourths. Over its lifetime, each standard (13 watt) CFL will reduce electricity bills by roughly $30. And though a CFL may cost twice as much as an incandescent, it lasts 10 times as long. Each one reduces energy use compared with an incandescent by the equivalent of 200 pounds of coal over its lifetime. For perspective, the energy saved by replacing a 100-watt incandescent bulb with an equivalent CFL over its lifetime is sufficient to drive a Toyota Prius hybrid car from New York to San Francisco. Related posts:RTI International Develops New SSL Technology to Make Energy-Efficient Lighting [...]