{"id":9152,"date":"2010-11-01T12:34:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T17:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=9152"},"modified":"2017-09-19T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:40:35","slug":"green-lighting-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-lighting-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Lighting: How to Cut Your Electric Bill &#038; Carbon Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9156\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/11\/green-lighting.jpg\" alt=\"green lighting\" width=\"275\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/green-lighting.jpg 275w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/green-lighting-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>Change you light bulbs to CFLs&#8230; how many times have you heard that one? To be honest, I&#8217;m a little bored with it&#8230; I mean, doesn&#8217;t everyone already know that?<\/p>\n<p>My boredom&#8217;s probably a good sign, though&#8230; if those of us who follow these issues daily find tactics like changing bulbs &#8220;old hat,&#8221; then they&#8217;re probably really starting to catch on among the broader population. And let&#8217;s face it: making changes in your lighting, whether at home or work, is an easy, effective to way to start getting a handle on your energy use, utility bills, and carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>So, the folks at McGraw-Hill Professional likely timed the release of their new book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0071630163?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=subl20-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0071630163\">Green Lighting: How Energy-Efficient Lighting Can Save You Energy and Money and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint<\/a><\/em> just right (affiliate link). Written by Brian Clark Howard (of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygreen.com\/living-green\/blogs\/recycling-design-technology\/\">The Daily Green<\/a>), William J. Brinsky (of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.envirolitesystems.com\/\">Envirolite Systems<\/a>) and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenlivingguy.com\/\">green living guy<\/a>&#8221; Seth Leitman, the book&#8217;s a veritable Bible on understanding and implementing <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2012\/12\/crowdfunding-efficient-lighting-options-for-the-developing-world\/\">energy-efficient lighting<\/a> approaches at the home and\/or office.<\/p>\n<h3>How Much of a Difference does Energy-Efficient Lighting Really Make?<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s a question that comes up frequently&#8230; does lighting really use that much energy? The authors start the book off with a comprehensive overview of the costs created by lighting. What they found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For homeowners, lighting represents <strong>9-20%<\/strong> of the average electric bill&#8230; which works out to about $90-180 a year.<\/li>\n<li>For commercial buildings, the percentage rises pretty significantly: lighting accounts for <strong>38%<\/strong> of energy use on average.<\/li>\n<li>As a nation, lighting is responsible for\u00a0<strong>one quarter<\/strong> of our energy consumption&#8230; at an annual cost of <strong>$37 billion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, yes, lighting&#8217;s a simple area for adjustment&#8230; but one that can pay big dividends on the large scale&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h3>So, How Do You Green Your Lighting?<\/h3>\n<p>OK, yeah&#8230; you can change out traditional incandescent bulbs for CFLs. Or, you can go for next-generation LED lighting options (which do cost more). You probably already know these options. <em>Green Lighting<\/em> goes well beyond &#8220;change your bulbs&#8221; tips into examining options for specific lighting needs, the downsides of existing and new technologies, and profiles of lighting concepts still largely under development. There&#8217;s even a section on making greener choices for lighting fixtures (including making your own lamps).<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;d recommend this book for reading from cover to cover&#8230; but it&#8217;s a great resource for a full range of lighting questions and issues. If you&#8217;re thinking about making changes &#8212; whether switching out bulbs, or remodeling &#8212; you&#8217;ll likely find the information you need to make greener choices.<\/p>\n<p>If this one gets you thinking more about energy efficiency, also keep an eye out for yet another book from Brian (also from McGraw-Hill) on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0071746102?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=subl20-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0071746102\">geothermal heating &amp; cooling<\/a>&#8230; (and that&#8217;s also an affiliate link).<\/p>\n<p><em>Ready to make changes to your lighting? Check out our current listings of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/eco-home\/energy-efficient-lighting\">energy efficient lighting options<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/eco-home\/led-lighting\/led-light-bulbs\">LED bulbs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/eco-home\/energy-efficient-lighting\/solar-lights\">solar accent lighting<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/eco-home\/energy-efficient-lighting\/soy-candles\">soy candles<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change you light bulbs to CFLs&#8230; how many times have you heard that one? To be honest, I&#8217;m a little bored with it&#8230; I mean, doesn&#8217;t everyone already know that?&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":9156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1197,76,4678,2861,485],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Green Lighting: Save Energy &amp; Money (Book Review)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"McGraw Hill&#039;s new book Green Lighting shows you how to cut both your electric bill &amp; your carbon footprint with smart lighting strategies.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-lighting-book-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Green Lighting: Save Energy &amp; 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