Low-Energy Lighting: Conservation vs. Efficiency

Conserving energy means making do with less: less heat, less cooling, less hot water, less light. Everyone can make sacrifices, but we all have limits. Efficiency is more user-friendly. Why? It’s possible to maintain output while reducing the electricity used through low-energy lighting. Equivalent HVAC benefits, refrigeration and lighting levels (such as those found in eco-friendly light bulbs) can be realized with less electrical input…in some cases, far less.

Protect the Planet with Eco-Friendly Light Bulbs

Until renewable energy – solar, wind, tidal, geothermal – reaches a much larger scale than it represents today, electricity generation will remain a dirty business, emitting millions of metric tons of greenhouse gases each year. Few of us are in a position to impact the pace of technological change and adoption of clean power sources. And yet, the cleanest kilowatt of electricity is the one that isn’t produced in the first place. By reducing consumption, through conservation and efficiency, we can protect the planet.

Green energy-saving light bulbs are designed to produce light that is equivalent, in terms of quantity and quality, to traditional incandescent bulbs. The wonder is that low-energy lighting does so with a fraction of the electricity.

Greenlight Your World™

Eco-friendly light bulbs are here to stay. Here in the U.S., Congress mandated a 30% increase in the efficiency of general service bulbs from 2012 to 2014 and a 70% increase by 2020 with The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. If you want to switch to low-energy lighting though, you don’t have to wait. Consider the electricity savings for three types of currently available eco-friendly light bulbs in the tables below:

Table 1 – Low Energy Halogen Lamps

Table 2 – Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Table 3 – LED Lamps