Shed light efficiently


Save both outdoors and indoors

Outdoor lighting

By properly selecting and placing outdoor lighting fixtures, you can improve safety as well as significantly lower your energy costs.

• Improve safety and security outdoors with motion-sensor lighting. They come on only when needed, reducing energy use.
• Replace outdoor incandescent lights with ENERGY STAR®-certified compact fluorescents rated for cold temperatures.
• Use fixtures with photo-eye controls to turn lights on at dusk and off at dawn.
• Use fixtures that control glare and won't spill light on neighboring property or into the sky.

Indoor lighting

Save energy by not wasting it: turn off lights when they're not needed.

• Use timers rather than remembering to turn lights on and off.
• Replace your most-used incandescent bulbs and fixtures with fluorescents. Compared to incandescents, they run cooler, last longer and save about $40 over the life of each bulb.

Be sure to recycle your spent lightbulbs. Find a location near you at http://www.co.dane.wi.us/pwht/recycle/lamps_bulbs.aspx.

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