Archive for the 'Home energy saving' Category

A $70 light bulb???

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

There is a lot of talk around the world about compact fluorescent bulbs. They save energy. They also contain mercury and can be big. They just don’t fit in a lot of my fixtures. So I keep checking the prices of LED bulbs. Here is a little math to see whether or not a $70 […]

Motion-sensitive light switches

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

When I was a kid, my mom was always after me to turn off the lights after I left a room. I got to be pretty good, even nagging my friends when they left lights on. It wasn’t a global warming or environmental thing back then, it was to save money. Now that everyone in […]