Green Options » energy-efficient holiday lighting http://greenoptions.com/tag/energy-efficient-holiday-lighting Posts tagged 'energy-efficient holiday lighting' Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Save Money and Energy on Christmas Lights this Year http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/11/04/save-money-and-energy-on-christmas-lights-this-year/ http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/11/04/save-money-and-energy-on-christmas-lights-this-year/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:23:49 +0000 Philip C. Curtis http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/11/04/save-money-and-energy-on-christmas-lights-this-year/ Halloween is over and even though the trees still have green leaves because of the mild fall we are having, Christmas is just around the corner. Americans consume a lot of extra energy and create and extraordinary amount of waste during the holidays. In fact, it is estimated that we produce more than 1 million extra tons of garbage each week from the period between Thanksgiving and Halloween.

We also consume a great amount of energy. This is partly because this is one of the darkest times of year but its also because people are using more electricity to light up their homes with holiday decorations. Incandescent Christmas lights are inefficient and won’t last very long. They also break very easily. LED technology has found its way into the world of Christmas lights and is much more efficient. Specifically, LED Christmas lights use about 90% less energy than standard incandescent lights and will last for more than 50,000 hours. The bulbs are also covered with a durable epoxy plastic so they won’t break.

This year pay attention to you consumption during the holidays and do what you can to reduce your energy consumption.

]]> http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/11/04/save-money-and-energy-on-christmas-lights-this-year/feed/ My New Green Office Policy http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/09/18/my-new-green-office-policy/ http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/09/18/my-new-green-office-policy/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:48:09 +0000 Philip C. Curtis http://phil.greenoptions.com/2007/09/18/my-new-green-office-policy/ Ok. So I took some advice from one of my new Green Options friends who suggested I search the site for suggestions on green office policies. I found a great article and used it as a template for our new policy (although, I could not in good faith implement all of them just yet.) In any event it was a good start.

So this year while we are encouraging people to buy our energy-efficient LED holiday lighting, we will be doing our best to reduce our businesses impact on the environment.

Our new office policy is posted on our site.

 

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