Brighten your Home with LED Lights and Have a Green Holiday

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Do you love to string holiday lights but worry about conserving energy? Find comfort and joy this holiday season with energy-saving LED (light emitting diode) lights.

"LED string lights use much less energy than incandescent string lights, and I hope all Hoosiers who decorate with lights will choose LED," said Thomas W. Easterly, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). 

"Because lowering our energy consumption directly reduces emissions from power plants, energy conservation is one of the most important ways that we, as individuals, can protect air quality and our environment."

LED lights offer these advantages over incandescent lights:

• They use a fraction of the energy-LED lights use only 0.04 watts per bulb, 1/10th the energy of mini-lights, which use .4 watts per bulb, and 1/100th the energy of standard (C-7) bulbs, which use 4 watts per bulb;
• They are long-lasting-LED lights last up to 200,000 hours used indoors (20 years continuous use); and,
• They are safer around combustible materials-LED lights produce little heat; remain cool to the touch; and, are resistant to impact.

When the holiday lights come down, remember that Christmas trees don't need to go to the curb for trash pickup. Public and private composting facilities can chip trees for mulch. Trees also can be used in conservation projects, such as stabilizing the banks of streams and ponds or creating underwater habitats.

After packages are opened, remember to donate or recycle those unwanted electronics: you'll be keeping lead, cadmium and chromium, commonly found in electronic components, out of the environment. And keep holiday parties and office get-togethers greener this year by recycling as much as possible. Manufacturers can conserve energy and raw materials by reusing recycled aluminum, steel, glass, plastic, paper and electronic components in making new products.

 

For more "green" holiday tips, visit IDEM's holiday recycling Web page at http://www.idem.IN.gov/holidays.

Source: Indiana Department of Environmental Management Press Release

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