We hear that compact fluorescent bulbs save money. When you’re at the home improvement center and you see prices on the CFL bulbs around $4, how many of you make the choice to get the cheaper, old school technology to save some money right then and there. If you chose the higher initial price, will it work out in actual savings over the life of that high price bulb?
Luckily your employees over at the U.S. Department of Energy have a study that shows exactly how much you’ll save. They make some assumptions in the study like 100 watt replacement bulb, lasts 4.5 years and is on for 6 hours a day. That may or may not match your use case, but it’s a good place to start.
Here’s how much you’ll save replacing just 1 bulb:
Breaking down our savings for just one year, we’ll save $23.33 in just 1 year for each incandescent you replace with an equivalent CFL. Multiply that times the number of bulbs you have in your house and you’ll see that it does make good green and economic sense to buy the CFL.
Read more of the study.
