Sunday, May 6, 2012

How much energy are you saving with your choice in light bulbs?

On National Geographic there is a program where you can enter how many light bulbs you have in your home and even select how many are Incandescent, CFL, or LED. And it will then tell you facts based on the American average.

In my, Canadian, household I have 16 Incandescent light bulbs. Which means:
  1. I have 24 fewer light bulbs than the average U.S. household.
  2. I use 6.4 fewer efficient bulbs that the average.
  3. I am likely saving about $89.96 more than the average U.S. household each year, due to my choice of bulbs.
  4. If every household in the United States took the same steps on lighting efficiency:
                                  It would save $10,165,196,506 in energy costs.
                                  It would be like shutting down FOURTEEN coal power plants.
                                  It would be like taking 11,003,128 cars off the road.
                                  It would reduce CO2 emissions by 56,115,956 metric tons.
                                  It would cut emissions equivalent to 305,559 rail cars of coal.


The facts on if every household in the United States switched to how my family uses light bulbs is shocking but I think what I find most shocking is the fact that the AVERAGE American household has 40 light bulbs. I thought that having 16 in your house was extortionate!

Source: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/light-bulb-savings-calculator?source=gecfeatures

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