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An Australian family trying to go a little greener

CFLs

CFLs and Mercury

October 5, 2010 by Darren

Australia, and many other countries around the world, are legislating to phase out the sale of incandescent light bulbs. It is estimated that this initiative will reduce Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by 800,000 tonnes of CO2-e; not bad, but it’s still only 0.14% of our total emissions. That said, any saving is progress. I’ve … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology, Waste Tagged: CFL downlights, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, energy efficient lighting, mercury

Cleaning Up Broken CFLs

October 3, 2010 by Darren

Not long ago I dropped and broke a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) in the garage. D’oh! I had a vague recollection that there’s a procedure you should follow to safely clean up broken CFLs, due to the small amount of mercury inside them. So, geek that I am, I jumped on the computer to look … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology, Waste Tagged: CFL downlights, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, energy efficient lighting, illawarra mercury, recycling, Waste

Welcome Super Challengers!

June 14, 2009 by Darren

I spoke at the launch of the [Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge](http://www.sustainableillawarra.com.au/The-SuperChallenge.html) Round 2 today at the Dapto Ribbonwood Center. Sorry guys if I rambled too much :-). It was a great session, with beautiful food and lots of local families to meet. I was pleased to see a nice strong Kiama contingent! It was great … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Super Challenge Tagged: CFLs, chest fridge, halogen downlights, Kev's Patch, Kiama FutureCare, living library, solar power, Super Challenge, Sustainable Illawarra, Sydney Water, wicking boxes

Converting Halogen Downlights To CFL Downlights

May 25, 2009 by Darren

My experience with changing halogen downlights over to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), and the electricity savings I measured.

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: albion park rail, CFL downlights, CFLs, Cosmo Lighting, energy consumption, energy efficient lighting, gu10, halogen downlights, LED downlights, lighting solutions, low voltage downlights, Super Challenge

Reducing Electricity Consumption

November 14, 2008 by Darren

After figuring out our [baseline electricity consumption](http://green-change.com/2008/11/07/baseline-water-and-electricity-usage/), we were mortified to see how much electricity we use. I had honestly thought our usage was about half of that amount. So, where are we wasting electricity? We have over 30 50 watt halogen downlights throughout the house. They use a lot of electricity, and we’re pretty … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: air conditioner, baseline, bathroom heater, CFLs, clothes dryer, dishwasher, electricity consumption, fridge, habit, halogen, halogen downlights, hot water system, incandescent bulbs, night lights, night lights for kids, power meter, saving electricity, simple actions, standby power, washing machine

Swap Lightbulbs For CFLs For Free

November 12, 2008 by Darren

If you live in the Kiama area, you have an opportunity tomorrow to swap up to 6 old lightbulbs or fluorescent tubes for brand new energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) for free. Just take your old bulbs to the Minnamurra Waste and Recycling Centre (the old Minnamurra tip) between 10am and 2pm tomorrow (Thursday 13 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils Tagged: albion park rail, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, Cosmo Lighting, energy efficient lighting, fluorescent tubes, Kiama Council, lighting options, recycling, Sustainable Illawarra, Waste

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