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- How do CFLs work?
- Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) need more energy when they are first turned on, but once the electricity starts moving, they use about 75 % less energy than incandescent bulbs. Most CFLs today — and all ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs — use electronic ballasts, which do not buzz or hum.
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- Energy Independence and Security
- In 2007, Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), which included new, higher efficiency standards for the basic light bulbs we use today. Starting in January 2012 these new standards will require that all light bulbs use 30% less energy than today’s incandescent light bulbs. Simply switching from traditional incandescent light bulbs to CFLs is a small, but valuable change everyone in America can do right now. Replacing incandescent light bulbs with CFLs will help to decrease the amount of electricity used and prevent greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global climate changes. Using light bulbs that comply with EISA's standards could save consumers nearly $6 billion in the year, 2015. ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs use up to 75 percent less energy than incandescent light bulbs and last up to 10 times longer.
- If every home in America replaced just one incandescent light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified CFL, in one year it would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes!
TAKE THE ENERGY STAR PLEDGE
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