Make improvements to your lighting is one of the fastest ways to cut your energy bills. An average household dedicates 11% of its energy budget to lighting. Using new lighting technologies can reduce lighting energy use in your home by 50% to 75%. Advances in lighting controls offer further energy savings by reducing the amount of time lights are on but not being used.
Indoor Lighting
Use tube fluorescent and energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFL's) in fixtures throughout your home to provide high-quality and high efficiency lighting. Fluorescent lamps are much more efficient than incandescent (standard) bulbs and last up to 10 times longer. Today's CFL's offer brightness and color rendition that is comparable to incandescent lights. Although fluorscent and compact fluorescent lamps cost a bit more than incandescent bulbs, they pay for themselves by saving energy over their lifetime. CFL's fixtures are now available that feature dimmers and opearte much like incandescent fixtures.
Outdoor Lighting
Many homeowners use outdoor lighting for decoration and security. When shopping for outdoor lights, you will find a variety of products, from low-voltage pathway lighting to motion-detcor floodlights. Lights powered by small photovoltaic (PV) modules that convert sunlight directly into electricity; consider PV-powered...
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