May 20 2008
Make Your Vacation Home Greener
The easiest way to reduce your vacation home’s electric bill
If you want to know where I stand on sustainable tourism, you can read this article. I definitely think a push must be made towards making the Outer Banks more environmentally friendly. The easiest way for individuals to do their part is to change the light bulbs in their vacation homes.
For many home owners, this simple step would save them large amounts of money over time. Many first time vacation home owners can receive ’sticker shock’ when they receive their first in-season electric bill. Home owners have to realize some vacationers are going to leave every light in the house on for their entire stay. This type of guest are definitely the minority, but this does happen. The easiest way to lessen the amount of electric used is to switch your light bulbs.
Making the Switch
Need more proof on switching your light bulbs? You can use this simple calculator.
What if a CFL lightbulb breaks?
The EPA has some guidelines for, What to do if a CFL light bulb breaks?
The cleanup is not as bad as everyone imagines when the hear the word Mercury. The benefits of using these bulbs definitely outweigh the additional cleanup.
CFL Bulb Warranty
Most CFL bulbs come with a warranty. As long as you have a receipt, you can go and exchange the light bulb for a new one. Recently, I switched my home to all energy efficient lighting. One of the bulbs did not work and with a receipt I was easily able to pick up a replacement at Home Depot thenext time I was in there.
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