Lighten your energy load

Light affects your health, safety, morale, comfort, and productivity. The quantity and quality of light around us determines how well we see, work, and play. In the home, lights are often left burning when no one is around, or the lighting output may be too bright or inappropriate for the task at hand. Using inefficient lighting adds to the energy use and cost of lighting your home.

However, you can save energy while maintaining good light quantity and quality by using lighting controls to automatically turn lights on and off as needed, and by replacing incandescent bulbs with more efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). Consider other Best Practices designed to increase the energy efficiency of lighting in your home.