Low Energy Light Bulb
Low energy light bulbs use less than 20% of the energy of a conventional
light bulb, and can last up to 15 times longer.
Fitting Low Energy Light Bulbs is simple, helps the environment and should
reduce your lighting bills.
So what type of low energy bulb should you buy?
Both CFL light bulbs (low energy light bulbs) and LED light bulbs offer
substantial energy savings. LED bulbs offer the greater saving overall using
less energy and lasting longer at 60,000 hours, however a greater initial
investment is required. In addition alternative fittings may be required and at
present they only provide directional lighting.
With improvements in LED’s making them more and more viable, they will be the
choice of the future, but for now we would recommend choosing CFL bulbs. The
energy savings are still very good and although they have a lesser life span at
6,000-15,000 hours, they are much cheaper and can directly replace your current
bulbs which only last 1,000 hours, helping the environment and your pocket
straight away.
Will just swapping light bulbs make a difference?
By swapping a normal bulb to an energy saving bulb you could cut energy
wastage by three quarters and save $12 on your electricity bill. It might seem
like a small change, but if every home in Australia changed just 3 light bulbs,
enough energy would be saved to light Australia's street lamps.
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