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One of the most popular decorations for the coming holiday season are the lights. Christmas lights trim houses, inside windows and both indoor and outdoor trees. Such a large scale use of lighting for decoration puts a major strain on local power grids and electrical bills rise all over the nation.

The best way to save energy in lighting is to start by using only LEDs.  Light-emitting diode (LED) decoration lights use base computer chip technology. LEDs on average are up to 90% more efficient in lighting than standard Christmas lights because they are built to create energy from a semiconducting material rather than a filament. The lifespan of one LED is around 50,000 hours which makes them a cost effective choice and when one bulb does burn out the rest of the lights in the decoration string do not shut down.

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If your looking for some energy saving and even renewable energy information, the Department of Energy has a collection of PDF’s that go into detail about how to save energy at home and at work.

The following are just a few of the resources listed online, you can read through the rest of the information and check out the U.S. Department of Energy’s web site at: www.energysavers.gov

Energy Savers: Tips on Saving Energy and Money at Home

A Consumer’s Guide: Get Your Power from the Sun

Small Wind Electric Systems: A U.S. Consumer’s Guide

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It’s no secret that we all cause a power drain to our local grids on a daily basis. The biggest culprits are the appliances and electronics that still pull power even when turned off. This type of power drain is called vampire power and according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) it’s a power drain that wastes between 200-400 terawatts of electricity per year on a global scale.

In the United States alone, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that the overall vampire power waste is costing us $10 billion a year and accounts for 11% of our country’s power usage.  Up to 40% of an appliances power drain on the grid comes from when the device is turned off but still plugged into the wall.

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