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Lighting
It is important to choose
the right form of light source in order to limit the environmental
damage caused by the use of energy for lighting. If you replace a normal
light bulb by
an energy saving light bulb you are using less energy and reducing other
kinds of environmental pollution.
- A normal light bulb is only economic if the average time it is used is less
than 15 minutes at a time and it is not used more than 1.5 hours a day.
- Replace the normal light
bulb by an energy saving light bulb with better
light and less energy consumption. It's worthwhile doing that in all the places
where light
is needed constantly (e.g. in the sitting room, in the kitchen, at the working
place,
in the children's room).
Energy saving light bulbs use 80% less energy and last 10 times longer than
a normal light bulb. And that actually means that you save a lot of
money by using energy saving light bulbs.
Energy saving light bulbs are often called CFLs which stands for compact flourescent lighting.
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