Lighting And Appliances

Lighting With FLiP the Switch

Lighting professionals
have improved the original
Incandescent bulb
 3 Types Of Lighting
Incandescent

Fluorescent

LED (Light Emitting Diodes)

 Incandescent
A glass envelope encloses a filament of
coiled tungsten wire that glows when
an electric current passes through

 Inexpensive

 Generates heat

 Only up to 10% of the electricity is

converted into light

 Doesn’t last very long

Halogen Bulbs Are Incandescent
Halogen also called quartz

Can be a fire hazard

 Fluorescent
Can be shaped in tubes like in our
classroom.

Electricity provides heat that causes low

pressure mercury vapor within the lamp
to produce ultraviolet radiation. This
causes a phosphor coating along the
inside of the tube to radiate light.

 3 sizes - the smaller the size, the more

efficient
T12 (40 watts)
T8 (32 watts)
T5 (21 watts)
 Compact Fluorescent
(CFLs) are often called the curly bulbs

Less expensive to operate

Last longer

Contain a small amount of mercury

 Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
Electricity passes through a semiconductor material
illuminating the tiny light sources we call LEDs.

Cool to the touch

Extremely efficient

Last a long time

Instant on

Don’t contain mercury

 FLiP the Switch
It’s not just about your
choice of bulbs,
it’s also how you use them
so FLiP the Switch when
lighting isn’t needed.
 Exit Signs
Must be on 24 hours a day / 7 days a week

LED

Photoluminescent
 Gym Lighting
High-Intensity Discharge Lamps:
Mercury Vapor
Metal Halide
High-Pressure Sodium

High Bay Lighting:

Fluorescent
LED
 Outside Lighting
High-Intensity Discharge Lamps –
Metal Halide

LED – more efficient

Equipment
How can you
reduce energy
usage by your
school and your
home’s
equipment?
 Choose Wisely
Look for the ENERGY STAR label

Read and compare the Energy Guide label

Keep it cleaned and oiled

 Take Care Of Equipment
Watch for things that make heat

Keep it clean and oiled

 Vampires
Some equipment
uses energy even
when you think it’s
off

Turn it off
completely with a
power strip
 You Have The Power!
www.EnergyStewards.net/StudentPower