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How We Can Make Rbs A Greener Community
1. Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs
=
Green Environment + Cost Savings
+ Energy Efficiency
HOW WE CAN MAKE RBS A GREENER COMMUNITY:
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS (CFL)
BY VJ(MMS)
2. WHAT ARE COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS (CFL)?
CFL’s are also known as Compact
Fluorescent Lightbulbs
•They have distinctive swirly shape
•CFL’s are gradually becoming more
widespread around the world.
There are three ways that CFL’s can
help you and the environment
• Longer Lifespan: CFL’s last longer
than traditional Incandescent
Lightbulbs.
• Increased Efficiency: CFL’s use less
energy
• Environment Friendly: CFL’s are
better for the environment
3. LONGER LIFESPAN
•Average life of CFL (5 years) is almost ten times
Longer Lifespan longer than traditional incandescent lightbulbs (6
months).
Reduced cost for •Cost of one traditional lightbulbs (100W) = $0.59
purchasing bulbs •Cost of one CFL (14 W) = $1.49
(over 5 years) = •10 Traditional Lightbulbs (100W) = $ 5.49
$ 4.00 per Bulb •1 CFL (14W) = $1.49
•Saving for each bulb replacement = $4.00
Savings
Impact of •The average RBS house has more than 125 light
bulbs in their house and there are 305 houses
changing bulbs •Cost saving per house (125 bulbs times $4.00 over 5
on RBS years) = $500 / House over 5 years
•Cost savings for whole community ( $500 / per house
Community times 305) = $151,500 / 5 years for RBS
4. LESS ENERGY CONSUMING
Because they only require a fourth of the energy
needed to power a traditional bulb, installing a
single CFL saves $10 a year in energy bills.
•This translating into the fact that the average
RBS home has over 125 lightbulbs in it, you can
save well over $1250 in your total energy bill
That’s saving 23% of most Virginians
average energy bill.
In fact if every American household
installed just one CFL, we would all save
$650,000,000 in energy bill expenses.
5. BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Environment Friendly: CFL’s are better for the environment
Replacing just one traditional incandescent lightbulbs with a CFL you save
160 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere = Clean Environment
If all of RBS replaced just five of their bulbs with CFL’s it
would be equivalent to taking 22 RBS cars off of the road for a
year
By replacing all of the lightbulbs with CFL’s a house could
save 19,575 pounds of Carbon Dioxide a year
6. IF WE ALL REPLACED OUR BULBS…
•RBS residents would save a total of $30,500 /Year.
Cost of
Bulbs
•RBS would save a total of $381,250 in energy expenses every year.
Energy
Bills
•RBS would contribute to taking 5,970,375 lbs. of Carbon Dioxide a year. Which
Green is equal to saving 762.5 acres of forest land every year which would make up for
Environ more than the land that 6 RBS’s would take up and then some.
ment
•$411,750 in costs a year and 5,970,375 lbs. of CO2 out of our air.
Total
Savings
Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs
=
Green Environment + Cost Savings
+ Energy Efficiency
7. WHAT YOU CAN DO
Replace traditional Get Involved
bulbs with CFL’s in • This is our planet.
your house and office. Keep it SAFE.
• You can buy them • Be responsible and
at Costco, Wal- valuable CITIZEN
Mart, Lowes or • Spread the message
Home Depot Thank You!
