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Are all Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) Created Equal?

How to choose the best compact fluorescent light for your home.

Heather Sperling

By Heather Sperling
Chicago, IL, USA | Fri Jan 23, 2009 04:00 AM ET

Last month, Environmental Working Group (EWG) put out a shopper’s guide to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). We’ve been hot on CFLs for some time, in part because they’re so cool (ha!). Here are some posts on the hows and whys of making the switch from energy wasting light bulb to cooler, brighter CFL. 

As CFLs are just recently breaking into the mainstream, there are frequent advances and frequently changing product evaluations. That CFLs will save energy (and thus $$) is for certain. Which CFL is right for you is up in the air. Use EWG’s Green Lighting Guide to find the CFLs with the least mercury and cross-reference with Energy Star’s Choose a Light Guide to find the right shape and style. Screw it in...and you’re ready to start saving! EWG even has a lighting calculator to help you calculate how much you’ll save by switching to CFLs.

Also handy: EWG has some clean up tips that should be adhered to when a CFL breaks. 

Related Posts: 
More on Choosing CFLs
How to Recycle your CFL
User Tips for Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs 

Whether it's DIY green renovation tips you're looking for or 5 ways to reuse nearly everything you can think of, learn how with Planet Green Home & Garden.

 
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