Change a Light, Change the World
October 03, 2006
For the past seven years, DOE and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Change a Light, Change the World" program has encouraged consumers to save energy and money by installing compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). In addition to internal campaign promotional efforts, DOE and EPA have reached out to members of Congress, governors, and state energy and local officials to join the campaign and encourage their constituents to participate. If every household in America changed one bulb to a CFL, combined efforts would save 5.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, or $526 million a year in electric expenses. If everyone at DOE changed one light bulb, it would save enough energy to light 3,065 homes for a year, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an amount equal to removing 886 cars from our parking lots, and have the same effect as planting 1,260 acres of trees. The "Change a Light" campaign runs from October 4–November 30. Take and pledge and get more information:
