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Unplug your unused electronics!Many appliances still consume energy even when turned off. Items left plugged in, such as a cell phone charger or laptop adapter, can leak more than 20 watts of power per hour.
Shut off your computer monitor!
Set your computer and monitor to shut off automatically through your operating system--'stand-by' mode uses 70% less power and 'shut down' mode turns the computer completely off.
Don't play then walk away!
When you leave a game console like xBox or PS3 on and then walk away without turning it off, it's like leaving as many as three 60-watt light bulbs on.
Unplug your phone charger!
Battery chargers can waste up to 20 times more energy than they actually use to charge something. Even when they're not charging anything at all!
Install CFLs to save energy, money!
Lights account for 15% of a home's energy use. Replacing the standard incandescent bulbs in your house with Compact Florescent Lights (CFLs) could reduce the energy used by your lights by 50%-70%!
Learn more tips!
Do you have questions about mercury in CFLs and the proper ways of disposal and clean-up.Learn how to recycle CFLs!
Take the ENERGY STAR Change a Light Pledge!
Show your commitment to saving energy and helping reduce the risk of global climate change.Check current results for programs in:
Connecticut | Illinois
Loads of links to energy efficiency games for kids, lesson plans for teachers, and resources for schools. Read the monthly
"Watt's Going Down" newsletter. Check it all out !Mission Statement
The Lights for Learning™ program motivates students to accept responsibility for energy efficiency, stimulates awareness of energy conservation methods, and educates students to become the next generation of ecologically-minded citizens through the sale of compact fluorescent light bulbs and other energy-saving products.
Objectives as a fundraising program:
- Reinforce the value and benefits of using ENERGY STAR® qualified CFLs and LEDs
- Assist students in raising much needed funds for the classroom or community programs
- Provide a platform for students to educate others in their community about the benefits of energy efficient products and the ENERGY STAR program
- Enable public park districts and museums throughout Illinois to incorporate, promote, and sustain educational and environmental programs
- Enable public park districts and museums to promote safe handling and disposal of CFLs through nationally recognized recycling programs.
Objectives as an education and outreach program:
- Define and promote the national ENERGY STAR program as it relates to the Lights for Learning program
- Focus on the use of compact fluorescent light bulbs as a simple, effective, and convenient home energy conservation activity
- Educate students on energy efficiency, energy conservation, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Utilize home energy audits to evaluate individual home energy use
- Instruct children on calculating energy savings when using CFLs instead of incandescent bulbs
- Relate facts and figures of global climate change through information based on the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change
- Recognize direct and indirect impact of climate change on human/animal health as well as ecology
- Understand federal government strategies for reduction of greenhouse gases such as strengthening science and technology applications and enhancing international cooperation