Office of Sustainability

Lighting

Energy-Efficient Bulbs

When Buying:

• Consider replacing all your inefficient light bulbs with energy efficient ones.
  • LEDs (light emitting diodes) use at least 75% less energy and last 25 times longer than incandescent lighting.

• Efficiency Maine works with lighting manufacturers, retailers and distributors to reduce the prices of energy-efficient lighting products statewide. You can find these products at your local retailer.

• Choose the lighting that’s best for you. Factors include brightness, color, shape, and bulb base choices.

Tips for Use:

• Use a desk lamp instead of overhead lighting, as most overhead lights use multiple bulbs. 

• Use task lighting to focus light where it is needed rather than light an entire room.

• In areas of the office or home that receive low light, paint rooms in light colors or use curtains to reflect as much free light as possible.

• Use mini-florescent or LED nightlights in bathrooms and halls.

• Turn off any unnecessary lights and use natural light whenever possible.

• Designate a “last to leave” policy in your dorm or office if lights are often left on in an empty room.

• Install occupancy sensors indoors and motion sensors outdoors.

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