In the average Colorado home, lighting accounts for about 20 percent of the electric bill. We can save money and protect the environment by installing ENERGY STAR™-qualified lighting.

An ENERGY STAR-qualified CFL will save about $30 on your lighting costs over its lifetime and pay for itself in about six months. It uses 75 percent less energy and lasts about 10 times longer than an incandescent bulb. Visit energystar.gov to learn more about CFLs, including color, bulb types, how they work, mercury facts and what works where.

The easiest way to start saving energy is to change out the light bulbs in your current fixtures. If you are remodeling, building a new home or just updating the look of a room, consider installing new ENERGY STAR-qualified light fixtures.

Decorative Light Strings (Immediate discounts at Ace Hardware* only)
If all decorative light strings sold in America this year were ENERGY STAR qualified, we would save more than two billion kWh per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to nearly 300,000 cars!

ENERGY STAR-qualified decorative light strings — many which feature LED technology — consume 75 percent less energy than conventional incandescent lights strands. 

Go here when you're ready to buy
We partnered with local retailers to bring you immediate discounts on ENERGY STAR-qualified lighting. Visit these participating Colorado Springs retailers.

*These retailers offer in-store recycling.

More resources:

• Lighting standards: U.S. Department of Energy
• Choosing the right CFL
• Clean up and disposal of broken CFLs
• Recycling Centers for CFLs
• Understanding Mercury in CFLs