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Incandescent and LED Light Bulbs

One of the simplest ways to conserve electricity is to choose energy-efficient lighting options. Incandescent bulbs are inefficient because the light they produce is simply a by-product of the heat they generate. A 60-watt incandescent bulb generates the same amount of light as a 15-watt fluorescent. Another lighting option is the light-emitting diode lamp (LED), which uses a series of tiny electronic light bulbs that, when placed next to each other, emit as much or much more light than a similar-size standard light bulb. The LED does not burn out all at once, and it uses only a fraction of the electricity of an incandescent.

Incandescent light bulbs will be phased out of the U.S. market beginning in 2012 under an energy law approved by Congress.To learn more, visit http://www.thinkgreen.com/