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This Holiday, Going Green is Saving Green

TT5Rt78 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:19:38 +0000

Households and businesses around the country celebrate the holidays with a decoration that is at once tacky and charming: Christmas lights. Their colors are synonymous with good cheer and revelry, which many business owners believe also translates into higher sales. But standard incandescent lights can be costly to buy, run, and replace. For all their advantages in spreading cheer, it seems there are few economic advantages to the light unless they directly translate into a sale or nice big gift Finish Reading this Post

Energy Saving Tips – Outdoor Lighting

Mother Earth — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:09:21 +0000

I use a lot of outdoor lighting for two reasons. One is safety and the other is decoration. When I went looking for some outdoor fixtures on a drive, I saw everything from low voltage path lights, to hps flood lighting. I also found plenty of energy efficient outdoor LED lamps. These bulbs last for long periods of time outside because of their strong durability and the ability to perform even in cold weather. LED lamps are excellent, because they’re especially efficient, and I’v Finish Reading this Post

Testing Your Emergency Lights

mprough — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:05:49 +0000

I would be lost both literally and figuratively if I ever lost my lights unexpectedly. As a supreme klutz, this is something that concerns me somewhat, which is exactly why I invested in halogen lamp emergency lighting and combo exit emergency lighting. Emergency lighting is required by law to be in different buildings and can be found in corridors, stairwells, aisles, ramps, exit passageways and even escalators. These lights are used to provide people with light if a power outage ever occurs in Finish Reading this Post

Are Colorful Lights Worth the Expense ?

TT5Rt78 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:21:15 +0000

With incomes down this year and the holidays not too far away, many will surely wonder whether the kitsch delight of holiday lights is worth the expense of buying, running, and replacing them. In a word, for all but the most glitzy businesses, the answer is probably no. Incandescent light strings are expensive to buy, easily broken, consume inordinate amounts of power, and need to be replaced often as bulbs break or brightness fades. The cost, in addition to the safety concerns that are warrante Finish Reading this Post

Light Bulbs: Environmental Savior

Get Green — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:39:25 +0000

Saving our environment is on everyone’s mind. One of the best ways to do that is to save energy. A very small item in our home can waste a great deal of energy every day. That small item is a light bulb. How many do you have in your home? Many people have many rooms in their homes and multiple light bulbs in each room. When those lamps are in use, they use energy whether you are in the room with them or not. This causes a lot of wasted energy. But there are ways to reduce the energy th Finish Reading this Post

How to Go Green with Eco-Friendly Light Bulbs

Get Green — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Going green is on everyone’s mind and we all try to figure out the best way to do it. Changing all of your normal incandescent light bulbs to low energy light bulbs is a huge step in going green and saving energy. There are several types of eco friendly light bulbs: compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) light emitting diode (LED) halogen light bulb (the least talked about) All of these lights will save energy and, in the long run, save you money. The compact fluorescent light bulb, the Finish Reading this Post

Energy Saving Tips for the Kitchen

Incon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:26:54 +0000

I’ve done some research on ways to save energy and have prepared a list for you containing the energy saving tips for the kitchen I came across. I’m sure you’ll find them quite useful and most importantly they’ll help you save money and energy! If you don’t have one, get a high efficiency dishwasher. You can get one at any home improvement store. Department stores carry them or buy one online. High efficiency dishwashers use a lot less water than hand washing dishes; they mean Finish Reading this Post

Save Energy By Using CFL’s

Mother Earth — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:15:11 +0000

CFL stands for Compact Fluorescent Light. We all remember the old fluorescent lighting that was used in all old businesses, schools, doctors’ offices, and more. These lights are still used in many places today, although many have been updated too much more energy efficient and more attractive versions. The old fluorescent lights cast everything with a white light that seemed unnatural. Fluorescent lights of today give off a much warmer color of light and are much less expensive than the fl Finish Reading this Post

LED Grow Lights for your Gardening Needs

TT5Rt78 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:00:04 +0000

As the owner of a small nursery, I needed to find ways to maximize my limited space. I had a lot of outdoor land, but my indoor nursery was very compact. I had to come up with thoughtful solutions in order to start as many seedlings as I possibly could. I had seen LED grow lights at an agricultural trade show that I had attended and I was very interested in the technology. I did have several concerns about what the cost would be and if the grow lights were compact enough in their design to fit i Finish Reading this Post

How Light Bulbs are changing Mother Earth

Get Green — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:30:35 +0000

For decades the world has seen trillions of incandescent light bulbs illuminating public and private places. Throughout their limited lives, these light bulbs had emitted an incalculable amount of damaging greenhouse gas. One cannot even start measuring how much electricity they have consumed, as statistics show that up to 95 percent of the energy each standard light bulb uses is wasted. Today, governments around the world are focusing their efforts on ending the use of inefficient light bulbs a Finish Reading this Post