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You may be a bike commuter who eats only locally grown organic food, but if you use incandescent light bulbs at home you’ve got a flat tire when it comes to being environmentally conscious – and saving money. You’re in fact wasting energy. That’s because incandescent light bulbs are inefficient, with 90 percent of their energy converted into heat and only the remaining 10 percent converted directly into light. But there are better options.
Thankfully, saving energy, and money, is as easy as changing a light bulb. By switching to ENERGY STAR ® certified LEDs—light bulbs that have passed rigorous,