Energy Efficient Light Bulbs

Did you know that light bulbs account to 1/5 of your monthly electric bill, and the use if light is 1/3 of the total electric consumption of the United States? All of us have experienced several brownouts in the past couple of years, and let us hope that they do not foreshadow any imminent energy crisis. By this time we already know that electricity must be conserved not only to reduce the total amount of our monthly electric charge but also to contribute to the maintenance of the environment. Conservation can be exercised not only just by turning off the lights when no one is using them, but also by using energy efficient light bulbs that use very little electricity to produce high quality light in a very long period of time.

As mentioned in another section, among the best energy efficient light bulbs available in the market today are compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFLs, LED light bubs, halogen bulbs, dimmers, and motion sensory bulbs. While it is true that these lighting materials are more expensive that the traditional incandescent lamps, such difference of price will soon be paid off by the new bulbs’ long life and energy-saving mechanisms. These energy efficient light bulbs use just ¼ of the energy that incandescent bulbs use. When turned on side by side, incandescent bulbs will always surrender first, leaving new types of bulbs working for more than 10,000 hours longer.