Lowe's & GE Approach Energy Saving Light Bulb Legislation

http://www.Lowes.com/LightBulbs

Did you know that if every home in the country replaced a 100 watt light bulb with a CFL, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year? America is making extra steps to save billions of dollars, protect the environment and reduce energy consumption with light bulb legislation.

Legislation has been passed for 2012 to reduce energy wasting incandescent light bulbs for more energy efficient bulbs like CFL and halogen. From 2012 to 2014, 40 to 100 watt light bulbs will need to use 30 percent less energy than the incandescent bulbs use today. So, in 2012, 100 watt bulbs will no longer by manufactured. In 2013, 75 watt light bulbs will be phased out and so on.

Now, you might ask what bulbs you should look for instead... GE has several different types of energy efficient light bulbs that you can use to help reduce energy consumption in your home. GE halogens are soft white bulbs that are perfect for designers. GE Energy Smart CFLs come in many shapes and sizes. They are also dimmable and come in multiple color temps. GE also provides energy saving LEDs.

One thing to note is that lower wattage doesn't necessarily mean less light. Look at lumens instead of wattage.

Lumens = Light Output
Wattage = Energy

Here's to a bright future. Visit http://www.Lowes.com/LightBulbs for more information about energy saving light bulb products

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[thedr9wningman]

@I32ICU: Your freedom stops when it infringes on the freedoms of others. Energy costs are a collective good: if you're using 2X, and I'm using 1X of energy, collectively, 3X. If we're both wasting it (4X), another power plant needs to be built because its capacity is only 3X; that raises rates for both of us because power plants aren't cheap. When you waste energy, it infringes on my/our freedom of having inexpensive, affordable power. That's why energy efficiency is being legislated.

[noreaga12326]

@StanwoodSpartans its the same thing for the incandescent bulb. i dont get how ppl say they dont last when i have incandescents in my house that hasnt burnt out in 4 years. its a fact that many cfls dont last as long as they cliam they do. And even if they do last for years, they get dimmer with in time. most ppl have other things in their house that contributes to energy use. So the CFL alone aint gona save u much money.

[noebodyin707]

17 5 is too high

[StanwoodSpartans]

I dont get how people say cfls dont last.

People grow plants with CFLs, running them at 18 hours a day, for 1 -2years before they replace bubls.

[132ICU]

If you like incandescent and halogen because they are dimmable, and that dimming just 10% can double the life of the bulb, you can now get dimmable cfl bulbs. But read the fine print. We are already seeing that cfl's need to warm up before we get full light, they flicker, causing eye strain, and they don't last as long as advertised. They are expensive, and don't produce full light output over the life of the bulb. And dimming cfl's will shorten their life further. Money wasted.

[132ICU]

What a bright idea! Legislation forcing everyone to use light bulbs produced in China because US companies can't afford to produce the cfl bulbs and meet all the manufacturing restrictions imposed by the tree huggers. Haven't we lost enough US jobs yet? What happened to freedom? Let people buy what they want and let companies produce what people want to buy. Incandescent bulbs are not destroying the planet.

[tcbink]

What is Lowes doing to ensure the proper disposal of burned out CFLs? You help to create laws requiring us to use the alternatives but I don't hear anything about proper disposal.