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tidbits from ENERGY STAR If every American home changed their 5 most frequently used light fixtures or the bulbs in them to ENERGY STAR qualified lighting, not only would each family save more than $60 every year in energy costs, but together we'd also keep more than one trillion pounds of greenhouse gases out of our air. That's a $6 billion energy savings for Americans equivalent to the annual output of more than 21 power plants. Replacing a 10-year old refrigerator bought in 1990 with a new ENERGY STAR qualified model would save enough energy to light the average household for over three months and over 300 pounds of pollution each year. There are more than 100 million exit signs in use throughout the U.S. Typically lit by incandescent bulbs, these signs consume 30-35 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) hours of energy each year. If all U.S. companies switched to ENERGY STAR qualified exit signs, they would save $75 million in electricity costs. OTHER LINKS National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Clean Energy Basics for: Homeowners Small Business Owner Student and Teacher Inventor Electricity Provider Farmer and Rancher |