Energy Efficient Lighting
Energy efficient lighting delivers high quality long-life performance with energy and cost saving benefits. It is available in a range of shapes and sizes. Most of the lighting products listed are accredited with the Energy Saving Trusts (ESTs) Energy Efficiency Recommended logo, ensuring that they meet or exceed existing energy efficiency requirements.
Just one Energy Saving Recommended lightbulb can reduce your lighting costs by up to £100 over the lifetime of the bulb, and with a wide variety of styles and wattages available, it's now even easier to choose the energy efficient option.
How they work
Traditional bulbs waste a lot of their energy by turning it into heat rather than light. Energy Saving Recommended bulbs work in the same way as fluorescent lights, an electric current passes through gas in a tube, making the tube's coating glow brightly. This means that they use less energy and are cool to the touch.
Energy saving light bulbs last up to 12 times longer than ordinary lightbulbs. If everyone installed just one energy saving light bulb the, CO2 emissions saved would fill 2 million double decker buses, and if each house installed three energy saving bulbs, it would save enough energy to run the country's street lights for a year.