| Fluorescent light bulbs offer consumers a significant | | | | less energy to operate. The savings is immense |
| benefit when compared to regular light bulbs or | | | | when a large space like a warehouse calculates these |
| incandescent light bulbs. There are many different | | | | cost benefits. |
| types of fluorescent lights on the market. The most | | | | Environmental Impact |
| popular version is compact fluorescent lighting bulbs. | | | | It is estimated that every time someone exchanges |
| This type of bulb is similar in size to a regular old | | | | one regular bulb for a CFL or compact fluorescent |
| fashioned light bulb but instead the light comes from | | | | light bulb they are helping prevent cut down on 450 |
| a coiled or twisted tube. T12 and T8 bulbs are used | | | | pounds of emissions from power plants. Out planet |
| in long panel mounts. These are commonly found in | | | | needs every little bit of help it can get. This amount |
| office spaces, department stores, schools, industrial, | | | | of emissions might not seem like much when one |
| and commercial spaces. T5 bulbs and T5 HO bulbs | | | | bulb is considered but it is said that if everyone in the |
| were designed to replace the outdated T8 and T12 | | | | United States were to switch over to CFLs they |
| bulbs. T5 technology offers many upgrades and | | | | could force 80 power plants to close down. If |
| benefits especially when a large amount of fixtures is | | | | everyone in the world were to switch over, they |
| needed to light a space. There are many determining | | | | could force 130 power plants to close their doors. |
| factors as to how beneficial fluorescent lights really | | | | Disposal |
| are for an average consumer. | | | | Speaking of a positive impact on the planet, |
| Cost | | | | fluorescent lights must be disposed of properly |
| Fluorescent lights cost more to purchase but less to | | | | because they contain a small amount of mercury. |
| operate. The cost savings should ultimately be | | | | Please do not throw fluorescent bulbs into a regular |
| calculated after taking into account that fluorescent | | | | trashcan. Contact your local waste management |
| lights last about ten times longer than incandescent | | | | company for information on how to properly dispose |
| lights and help cut down on the need to purchase | | | | of these light bulbs. |
| replacement bulbs as well as on the labor to replace | | | | As you can see the benefits to using fluorescent |
| bulbs. Fluorescent lights also generate about 70% less | | | | lights is numerous and in many different areas. The |
| heat in comparison to regular bulbs so they assist in | | | | initial investment on the bulbs will be returned to you |
| cutting down on cooling costs too. | | | | in tri-folds for the life of that light bulb. If one light |
| Energy Savings | | | | bulb can do so much, imagine what one hundred or |
| The cooling cost savings isn't nearly as remarkable as | | | | one thousand could do. |
| the electric cost savings. Fluorescent lights require 2/3 | | | | |