Energy Efficient Lighting Ideas for a Bright, Green Holiday
5 Helpful Tips for a Green Holiday Season: Lighting Your House
By Valerie David, published Oct 30, 2007
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Visitors to home improvement, department, and discount stores are tempted with entire aisles of lighting choices, from string lights to icicle lights to colored flame bulbs. The good news is that growing awareness of global warming and energy conservation concerns has led those stores to also have low-energy lighting choices, to make for a bright and very green holiday.
Green Holiday Lighting Option One: LED Christmas Tree Lights. The green choice here is simple; there's no downside to LED Christmas tree lights. Available in a range of colors and styles, from traditional tiny bulb strings to ornate globe and Christmas scene styles, LED lights are an attractive addition to your Christmas tree. These lights can last up to 20 years and use barely any energy. Greenhome.com claims that normal holiday lights used six hours a day can cost $30 a month in electricity, while their LED holiday lights will cost about 50 cents! That's a substantial savings on your holiday lighting, with one simple green light choice.
Another benefit to LED holiday lights is that they remain cool to the touch. This makes their use on Christmas trees much safer than traditional lights. It also helps the Christmas tree last longer with no added heat to dry out the branches.
Energy Efficient Lighting Ideas for a Bright, Green Holiday
Holiday lighting can be both festive and energy efficient! (Photo used with permission of Erin Marie Payne and stock xchng.)
Credit: Erin Marie Payne
Copyright: Erin Marie Payne, stock xchng
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Did You Know?
Normal holiday lights used six hours a day can cost $30 a month in electricity, while LED holiday lights will cost about 50 cents!
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