Increase your Energy Efficiency with New Lighting

Electricity bills can pile up really quickly but there are some great solutions for saving money and saving electricity that you may not even know about. With something as simple as changing out your light bulbs you can save a ton and help the earth at the same time. You will be helping the planet in more ways than just saving on electricity too. Allow me to explain.

Incandescent bulbs are astoundingly bad for the environment and for your bank account. They use a huge amount of energy for the tiny bit of light they put out. If you want to boost up your efficiency then you should look into compact fluorescent bulbs. They are commonly known as CFL bulbs and they produce an astounding amount of light for their energy cost. They aren’t even that much more expensive than incandescent bulbs.

The net step up from there is LED lights. They have the highest efficiency of any lighting fixture when you compare the lumens produced versus how much power is consumed. It’s amazing. LED lights are hundreds of times more efficient than standard bulbs. It’s time to replace those horrible incandescent bulbs with CFLs at the least. Uh oh. Time to throw away a glass bulb and pollute even more and that’s not something I like to do.

CFL bulbs have a longer life than their incandescent brothers but they are still made of glass and they are filled with nasty chemicals, including mercury, which you really don’t want released into the world and possibly the ground water. LED lights are the solution here, once again. LED lights have a ridiculously high lifespan and they have neither glass or nasty chemicals that you need to worry about.

Seriously, go get some LED lights to replace your light bulbs with as soon as you can. You’ll thank me.