Did you know?

If every American family switched to CFLs, we could save 31.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year - enough to light about one third of all U.S. households for an entire year!

The next time you need to buy light bulbs for your home, take a moment to look at the variety of compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) available – your electric bill will thank you for it!.

Two significant advantages

• CFLs use 75 percent less energy to produce the same amount of light. An 18-watt CFL can replace a 100-watt incandescent.

•  They last ten times longer. The life of a CFL is up to 10,000 per bulb, compared to less than 1,000 hours for an incandescent.

Compact fluorescents are more expensive to purchase ($6-$10 per bulb), but keep in mind that they can pay for themselves in energy savings in about two years - and they'll last for two more years!

For example, if you replace one 60-watt incandescent with a 15-watt fluorescent and use it six hours a day, you could see an energy savings of more than $40 over the four-year life of the bulb.

You'll also save on the cost of purchasing at least eight incandescent bulbs during that time, and numerous trips to the store - and that's just one fixture!

 

Getting the most for your money

• Install CFLs in hard-to-reach areas, such as hallways, closets, vaulted ceilings, etc.        

• Most CFLs are rated for outdoor use, but read the package carefully to make sure

• CFLs can be used with times, motion detectors, photocells and occupancy sensors. If you need to use a dimmer switch, we offer CFLs that work with dimmers.

• You can use CFLs to replace bulbs in many halogen lamps, which will save energy and greatly reduce the risk of fire.