Turning Your Home Green Using Fluorescent Lighting
The fluorescent light is actually not new. Back in 1856 a man named Geissler, a glassblower turned physicist, conceived the idea by putting a gas in a sealed tube and the result was a soft bluish glow. Today?s fluorescent light has come a long way.
Fluorescent lighting which is energy efficient, cool and easily lights large areas is now available home use in the compact fluorescent light bulb or CFL. These bulbs use up to 75% less energy than regular light bulbs and last ten times longer than the old fashioned incandescent bulb. It bulb you install in your home will pay for itself in approximately six months and save you up to $30 over the life of the bulb.
Energy efficiency is the name of the game these days. We have gone overboard in our use of non-renewable resources needed to power our homes and our cars. We have left an indelible carbon footprint on our environment that will be difficult to erase. If you are like many people you may be realizing it is time to do something about our energy consumption.
Fortunately, more and more products are coming on the market that enables us to do just that. The CFL is one such product. Where once fluorescent lighting was only used in factories and offices, the smaller CFL bulb works perfectly for all home lighting needs. It fits easily into any fixture from chandeliers to floor lamps and beyond.
The fluorescent light bulb is a little more expensive than the incandescent bulb, but as mentioned above, you will save money over the life of the bulb. One of the best ways to make your home more energy efficient is to begin to change over to fluorescent lighting one bulb at a time. Before you know it your entire home will be lighted using energy efficient lighting.
The energy savings would be staggering if every home used only fluorescent lighting. If everyone in the country replaced just one regular bulb with a CFL bulb enough energy would be saved to illuminate an additional three million homes a year. On top of that it would save $600 million in energy consumption and eliminate the of greenhouse gas that would be emitted by 800,000 cars according to Energy Star, a energy saving consumer rating service.
What’s not to like about fluorescent lighting for all of your home lighting needs? This bulbs not only save energy and help us do our part in greening up our homes, they save the consumer money. Times are tough. Everyone is feeling the pinch of the economic slowdown. Switching your light bulbs to CFL will help you save money and live more frugally to compensate for shortages felt elsewhere.
It is probably hard for many to realize how a light bulb can make such a difference but it does and the bonus is that it isn’t necessary to sacrifice style since it now comes in all styles. Switching your home over to CFL light bulbs can’t be anything but good as it saves both energy and money!
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