What are the environmental benefits of saving electricity?
Whenever you save electricity you are reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases coming from power plants. Over the lifetime of a single T8 lamp you will save $70-80 in electricity, save over 500 kilowatt hours of electricity (the same amount delivered by burning about 500 lbs. of coal) and prevent the release of 500 lbs. of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Collectively these savings add up and have significant environmental benefits. Last year, the 900 Smart Lights participants, through their energy savings, avoided the release of approximately 5.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide. This is equivalent to taking 320 cars permanently off the road.
