How to Choose Eco-Friendly Light Bulbs

By on January 7, 2009 in Green, Healthy Living

When shopping for a compact florescent bulbs (CFL’s), the following is considered the standard equivalent for incandescent versus CFL. However, I have found this comparison to be a little off—that CFL’s tend to cast less light than their incandescent equivalents. However, because a watt is a watt, if your lamp indicates a maximum of one hundred watts, and a twenty watt bulb CFL isn’t bright enough, you can safely use a twenty-three CFL watt bulb.

Incandescent CFL
60 watts 11 watts
75 watts 18 watts
100 watts 20 watts
150 watts 23 watts

Natural-spectrum bulbs are another great choice, and they mimic natural sunlight and last thirty-five hundred hours. As the name implies, the light cast imitates the full-spectrum—or natural daylight—and so makes colors appear bright and true.

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Norma is an award winning author, speaker and an eco-friendly designer. Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet won The Grand Prize in the Writer's Digest Book Awards, and was the Award Winner for Best New Non-Fiction USA National Best Books 2008. Her most recent book is Sell Your Home Fast in a Buyer's Market. Norma created the practice she calls Harmonious Adjustments, which combines the best principles of Feng Shui, the use of eco-friendly materials, the application of the Four Elements, color, Vastu, creative visualization, energy work and good design. Norma is an an animal lover, a hiker, crafts person, healer, and a gardener. She lives north of New York City with her husband.
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6 Responses to How to Choose Eco-Friendly Light Bulbs

  1. orlandosjm January 7, 2009 at 7:52 am #

    Norma:

    Thanks for the detail. I'd wanted to convert but hadn't. You've answered all the questions.

    Any comment on mercury? I heard that was an issue.

  2. normaleh January 7, 2009 at 8:15 am #

    Mercury is found in CFL's in small amounts, so safely dispose of your bulbs at places like Home Depot.

  3. KosherWineGuy January 7, 2009 at 9:46 pm #

    Hi Norma,

    I don't know if this is too technical a question. It may just be an insoluble mystery, but I replaced the six incandescent ceiling flood lights in my kitchen with CFL flood lights and when I turn them off they flicker dimly for another ten to (sometimes) fifteen minutes.

    Any idea why?

    All the best,

    Rafi Schutzer

  4. normaleh January 8, 2009 at 7:24 am #

    Sorry, I have no idea. Let me know if you resolve the problem.

  5. faucets April 29, 2009 at 11:57 am #

    Has anyone heard about these CFL's that are also negative ion generators? They are supposed to remove cigarette smoke indoors, dust, mites, & animal dander out of the air. It sounds like they've combined febreze with a CFL, seems cool. The video seemed to show it works….I don't know though? What do you guys think?

    We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Be glad when water pours out of your danze faucet each time you turn it on.

  6. afia February 3, 2010 at 5:20 am #

    I always appreciate the people for their efforts towards the eco-friendliness & glad to see the one @ SUPERIOR LIGHTING, playing yet an important role by launching their energy efficient LEDs & soothing light bulbs.