Save with LED Lights and Compact Fluorescent Lights

Compact fluorescent-compatible lighting fixtures and bulbs are the next generation for indoor lighting. True, LEDs will save you even more...but they're not as readily available as compact fluorescents yet. So, you can save money, time and environmental impact by replacing your current light bulbs with CFLs. Here's how much!

Figure Your Lighting Savings

• Compact fluorescent bulbs last an average of 10,000 hours (5 years of typical use) compared with only 750 hours for a typical incandescent bulb. You save by having to drive to the store less often! As well as the cost of the extra bulbs.

• To figure your savings for the typical 10,000 hours of a 13 watt compact fluorescent bulb vs. a 60 watt incandescent bulb -- try this formula. Use a typical energy cost of 10 cents per kilowatt hour.
  
  

  Type of Bulb	Incandescent	Compact Fluorescent	LED
  Watts	60 watt	13 watt	6 watt
  Life Span/Hours	750 hours	10,000 hours	60,000 hours
  Cost of Bulbs for 60,000 hours	$ per bulb (x 80!)	$ per bulb (x 6)	$ per bulb (x 1)
  Kwh Electricity used per month	270	63	27
  Your local Kwh cost:	$ .10 ?
  Figure it out:
  Misc. Addtions	Time spent shopping	Fuel doing the shopping	Time spent changing bulbs

• Ordinary incandescent bulbs have a typical life of 750 hours, so by using compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) or LED lights, you will save even more in bulb replacement costs.