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When you're shopping for lightbulbs, compare lumens and use the Lighting Facts label to be sure you're getting the amount of light, or level of brightness, you want.

You can save money and energy while lighting your home and still maintaining good light quantity and quality. Consider energy-efficient lighting options to use the same amount of light for less money. Learn strategies for comparing and buying lighting products and using them efficiently.

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Lighting Choices to Save You Money

Light your home for less money while getting the same amount of light.

How Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Compare with Traditional Incandescents
By replacing your home's five most frequently used light fixtures or bulbs with models that have earned the ENERGY STAR, you can save $75 each year.

Compare the costs and savings when using energy-efficient lightbulbs.

#AskEnergySaver: LED Lights
LED lights are six to seven times more energy efficient than conventional incandescent lights, cut energy use by more than 80 percent and can last more than 25 times longer. | Photo courtesy of Dennis Schroeder, NREL.

Answering your questions about LEDs -- from how to compare LED and incandescent bulbs to installing LEDs in existing fixtures.

When to Turn Off Your Lights
The cost effectiveness of when to turn off lights depends on the type of lights and the price of electricity. | Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/kyoshino.

The cost effectiveness of when to turn off lights depends on the type of lights and the price of electricity.

Lighting Design
Energy-efficient indoor and outdoor lighting design focuses on ways to improve both the quality and efficiency of lighting. | Photo courtesy of ©iStockphoto.com/chandlerphoto.

Energy-efficient indoor and outdoor lighting design focuses on ways to improve both the quality and efficiency of lighting.

Lighting Controls
Use lighting controls to automatically turn lights on and off as needed, and save energy.

To save energy, use lighting controls to automatically turn lights on and off as needed.

Daylighting
Energy 101: Daylighting

Daylighting uses windows and skylights to bring sunlight into your home and reduces the need for artificial lighting.

Replacing Lightbulbs and Ballasts
Replace frequently used bulbs with more energy efficient options to save money and energy.

Buy new fixtures made for new lightbulbs for the greatest energy savings, reliability, and longevity.

Top 8 Things You Didn’t Know About LEDs
Using funding from the Energy Department, Philips Lumileds developed the LUXEON S1000 -- a commercial LED product used in outdoor street and parking lot lighting. While small, this chip is the heart of the light and as of June 2012 was brighter than a 60-watt light bulb. | Photo courtesy of Philips Lumileds.

Counting down the top facts about light-emitting diodes. Read on to test your LED knowledge.