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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

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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

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Removing Broken Light Bulbs from the Socket

Get Green — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:42:07 +0000

When you accidentally break a light bulb, leaving the metal base of the bulb stuck in the socket, you will have the problem of removing the base (also called the screw thread contact) from the socket. There is a safe and easy way to remove broken light bulbs without getting a shock. First turn off the power to your sockets at the source. If it’s a stand alone lamp, you can simply unplug the unit. However for ceiling fixtures, the power to the light fixtures in the building needs to be turned Finish Reading this Post

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Reduce your Carbon Footprint by Growing with LEDs

Get Green — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:36:27 +0000

Growing your own food hydroponically makes you a part of those environmentally conscious people who are actively doing things to save the planet. If you then additionally make use of LED Plants Lights in your home garden project, you are taking the next obvious step in reducing your carbon footprint. This is because LED lights operate at 20 VAC compared to about 120 VAC used by most regular bulbs. Apart from this, LED lights are also free of the highly toxic mercury which is used in fluorescent Finish Reading this Post

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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

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Changing your Light Bulbs Can Change your Mood

Get Green — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:06:35 +0000

Mood can best be described as the way in which we feel at a particular point in time that is the way our minds process the environment through our senses. There are usually two extremes of mood that affect us. Good moods normally relate to you feeling happy or friendly, while bad moods give us the general feeling of being unhappy, angry or impatient. The right Light Bulbs can help improve our overall well being by making us feel great and alert. The upbeat feeling you get on a bright sunny day Finish Reading this Post

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MR16 Halogen Bulb

Get Green — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:59:25 +0000

Express Light Bulbs is proud to announce our new MR16 Halogen Bulb that has an amazing 10,000 hour life compared to regular MR16 Halogen Light Bulbs which only average 2,000 hours. The average cost for changing a MR16 lamp is $5.87 according to industry standards. This is more than the cost of the MR16 bulb itself. Why is it green? To most standards it is not green but Halogen are unique and can not be replaced by other light sources. Our MR16 Bulbs last 10,000 hours and will mean less w Finish Reading this Post

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Is LED Lighting Right For You?

Get Green — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:14:15 +0000

More people concerned about the environment, building and decorating green has never been more popular. One of the easiest ways for homeowners to limit their environmental impact is to consider replacing the lighting inside their home. LED’s are becoming more popular in Growing Indoor Plants. LED Lighting Facts: Incandescent bulbs waste energy and burn out quickly, and when the more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs outlive their usefulness, they can pollute the earth with the toxic merc Finish Reading this Post

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