{"id":36417,"date":"2018-05-03T01:22:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T08:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crpud.net\/?page_id=36417"},"modified":"2021-01-22T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T16:04:09","slug":"energy-efficient-lighting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/ways-to-save\/at-home\/lighting\/energy-efficient-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy-Efficient Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If every American swapped just one lightbulb for an ENERGY STAR\u00ae labeled Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulb, it would collectively save more than $8 billion in energy costs and remove 2 million cars worth of greenhouse gas emissions from our atmosphere.<\/p>\n<h2>What Are LEDs?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lightbulbledonly.jpg\" alt=\"LED Light Bulb\" width=\"200\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lightbulbledonly.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lightbulbledonly-176x340.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/strong>LEDs are Light Emitting Diodes<\/li>\n<li>LEDs also use much less energy than incandescent bulbs and can last for decades.<\/li>\n<li>LEDs don&#8217;t contain any mercury, which makes disposal easy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why Switch<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>LEDs save money<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; The less energy it takes to light your house, the lower your electric bill will be. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s a good idea to replace the lights you use most often with LEDs.<\/li>\n<li><b>LEDs\u00a0<\/b><b>last a long time<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; LEDs last far longer than standard bulbs. That makes them an excellent choice for lighting in hard-to-reach areas.<\/li>\n<li><b>LEDs produce good light<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; LEDs produce the same amount of light as incandescent bulbs while using significantly less energy.<\/li>\n<li><b>LEDs help fight global warming<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; LEDs use at least 2\/3 less energy than standard bulbs to produce the same amount of light. When you use less energy, that means less energy must be generated by coal or natural gas-fired power plants, which create pollution that leads to global warming.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/ways-to-save\/at-home\/lighting\/lumens-lighting-facts\/\">Learn About Lumens<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The new way to choose light bulbs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Disposing of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have CFL bulbs, be sure to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/ways-to-save\/at-home\/lighting\/facts-about-mercury-from-cfls-and-other-sources\/\">dispose of them properly<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If every American swapped just one lightbulb for an ENERGY STAR\u00ae labeled Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulb, it would collectively save more than $8 billion in energy costs and remove 2 million cars worth of greenhouse gas emissions from our atmosphere. What Are LEDs? LEDs are Light Emitting Diodes LEDs also use much less energy [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":35279,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36417\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}