How to Choose and Where to Use CFLs

ENERGY STAR qualified CFLS’s provide the greatest savings in fixtures that are on for a substantial length of time each day. At a minimum, ENERGY STAR recommends installing qualified CFLs in fixtures that are used at least 15 minutes at a time or several hours a day. The best fixtures to use qualified CFLs in are usually found in the following areas of the home: family and living rooms, kitchen, dining room, bedrooms and outdoors.

How to Choose the Right Light

Matching the right CFL to the right kind of fixture helps ensure proper performance and longevity. For example:

· CFLs perform best in an open fixtures that allow airflow, such as table and floor lamps, wall sconces, pendants and outdoor fixtures.

· For recessed fixtures, it is better to use a reflector CFL (PAR-38 in the “Decorative Home Collection”) than a spiral CFL since the design of the reflector evenly distributes the light down to your task area.

· Each collection in this store will have an image that will show what bulbs are best suited for certain applications.

· CFLs can be recycled at any home depot store.