ENERGY WASTE Bad outdoor

lighting wastes
What is light pollution costing us? 0.5 kilowatt-hours (kWh)
of energy
per house, per night 0.5 kWh
=
of electricity

enough energy to
power a 50-inch
plasma TV for 1 hour

of residential electricity use in the

13% U.S. is for outdoor lighting

35%
About
SKYGLOW
CO2 of light is wasted is the artificial brightness of the night sky

=$
that’s caused by light pollution. Which is about
by unshielded and/or
poorly-aimed
outdoor lighting
This is about
$10.00
spent for every man, woman, and

About
$3 child in the U.S. every year

BILLION
15 million About
per year worth of
About

tons of CO2 are 3 million energy lost to

emitted each year
in order to power
residential outdoor
lighting in the U.S.
skyglow
600 million
passenger cars have trees would need to
the same CO2 emission be planted to offset
rate, which is 40,000 that amount of
tons per day. carbon emission

Sourced from U.S. Department of Energy 2011 data. Contact for IDA approved lighting : info@3acsgrupo.com Mobile # 00966596704627- 966510195430