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[28 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]
After Lite – Energy Free Emergency Lighting

I’m always excited when I hear of a new, innovative product. Now, when that product is also extremely eco friendly, I tend to like it that much more.
Many of us, especially those of us with kids, have ‘night lights’ plugged in around the house. Whether its to scare away the boogy man or simply to assist in finding your way to the washroom, or to the kitchen for a midnight snack of organic corn chips, nightlights are a common gadget found in nearly every household.
Not long ago, I …

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[3 Jun 2008 | 3 Comments | ]
Green Eco Friendly Household Lighting – Compact Fluoresent Light Bulbs

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs – Eco-friendly and Energy Saving Hosehold Lighting
Electric lighting burns somewhere between 20% and 30% of the energy used in the average household. A great deal of the energy used to light incandescent bulbs is actually turned into heat, rather than light. Fluorescent lighting is far more efficient, and most of the energy used to power fluorescents is actually turned into light, rather than heat.
What Are Compact Fluorescents?
Compact fluorescents, or CFLs for short, are nothing more than miniature fluorescent bulbs designed to screw directly into any …

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