Switch to LEDs contributes most to reducing carbon emission
New York
UTILITY and power grid managers in the US are learning that the best way to cut carbon emissions and improve efficiency is the easiest: Just change your light bulbs.
The nation's largest grid, serving more than 61 million customers from Washington to Chicago, is revising its demand forecasts after recognising that better lighting has undercut its projections. Swapping all of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulbs with lamps containing light emitting diodes, or LEDs, would save enough electricity to power 20 million American homes, according to the Energy Department.
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