Save Energy, Money and Reduce Waste by Switching to Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars. The average U.S. home has 30 incandescent bulbs.

If every U.S. household changed its five most frequently used light fixtures or bulbs to ENERGY STAR-qualified lighting, each family would save more than $60 annually ($30 or more in each bulb’s lifetime) in energy costs. National annual energy savings would be $6 billion, equivalent to the annual output of more than 21 large power plants.

Try the EPA’s Personal Emissions Calculator to obtain an estimate of your personal greenhouse gas emissions or your family’s greenhouse gas emissions.