According to GE Lighting (GE), residents of Seattle, WA were the biggest buyers of LED lighting bulbs last year, with 35.5% of residents buying at least 1 LED bulb during the year. With the efficiency of LED bulbs between 70% and 90% better than traditional light sources, if every American replaced one 60W traditional bulb with an LED equivalent, we would eliminate 7 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, or the equivalent of 648,000 cars, and the US would save $566m in energy costs, or the amount of energy needed to light 2.6m homes each year.
Further, switching that same 60W traditional bulb to LED could save as much as $6,000 over the life of the bulbs, or enough energy to binge watch 200 episodes of a one hour TV show, microwave 3 two-minute meals every day for a year, or not have to replace the bulb from the time your first baby was born to the time you send him/her off to college…
Further, switching that same 60W traditional bulb to LED could save as much as $6,000 over the life of the bulbs, or enough energy to binge watch 200 episodes of a one hour TV show, microwave 3 two-minute meals every day for a year, or not have to replace the bulb from the time your first baby was born to the time you send him/her off to college…
LED Bulb Buyers - by City - 2016 - Source: GE Lighting
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