CFL and LED bulbs

Immediately replace your five most frequently used classic light bulbs with more efficient bulbs to start saving money on your electricity costs. Over time you can begin to replace your other bulbs, the less frequently used ones, as they burn out.

Here are two energy efficient alternatives.

A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulb is a smaller version of the full-sized fluorescent that can be screwed into a lamp bulb socket. Importantly, a CFL bulb has an average rated life of 8-15 times of an incandescent lamp bulb and uses only 20-30 percent of the power of an incandescent  lamp bulb.

New to the market is the Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lamp. These bulbs last up to 10 times as long as CFL bulbs and far longer than incandescent bulbs. LED lamps use an average of 3-5 percent of the power of an incandescent lamp.