Lighting Tips to Save Energy

Use these tips to help reduce your household lighting:

- Replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs, especially in rooms where lights are on for long
  periods
- Use the lowest wattage bulb required to meet each room’s lighting needs
- Turn off the lights of unoccupied rooms
- Turn outside lights off when you’re not using them
- Consider using timers and sensors for outdoor lights
- Regularly dust your low energy light bulbs and fittings
- Make the most of natural light. Open curtains and blinds during daylight hours
- When you’re wiring up your home, allocate one switch per light rather than turning on
  multiple lights with the one switch
- Use two-way switching in rooms with two exits to ensure lights are turned off when
  leaving the room
- Use table or floor lamps fitted with CFLs where most light is required so that you don’t
  light unoccupied areas of the room
- Choose light fittings that allow most of the light through so a lower wattage lamp can be
  used. Some light fittings can block 50% or more of the light, especially those with
  coloured glass

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