How to Get Your Street Lighting Green
As the new energy technology is developing fast, there will be new energy regulations that go into effect in 2012. According to the new regulations, the incandescent lighting bulb we are using now can’t meet our energy-saving needs now. So we need to invent new lighting bulbs for using. And all the lighting bulbs for our street lighting, home lighting or commercial lighting will all be replaced by newly invented lighting bulbs.
Then, what should we know about lighting bulb to get street lighting and home lighting green.
- Whether it is the delicious looking, soft serve ice cream shaped CFL, the cool blue LED or the newly redesigned Incandescent bulb; the options for green, energy saving bulb solutions are varied and lovely.
- When purchasing a new lamp, consider a green Fair Trade lamp from Radiant Ideas, a Cut bamboo lamp table from Terra Furnishings or a beautifully designed Pottery lamp from Lighten up Design.
- Rewiring a vintage lamp is a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle! Antique flea markets and Rummage sales are great places to find lamps and lighting fixtures in need of some tender loving care. Find a diamond in the rough, go retro and remember to always rewire old lamps that have frayed cords and questionable plugs.
- When outdoor lighting solutions are needed, consider going solar. Solar lighting for outdoor applications is economical in the long term and make total sense from an green point of view.
- Use solar task lighting whenever possible, with a lamp like the Solar on your bedside table for reading or a Nova series task/emergency light like this one from D light.
- Always, when building or remodeling, consider optimizing natural light to your best advantage.
- Remember that turning off lights when you leave the room and using dimmer switches, motion sensors and timers can help to save energy.
Following these tips, you could make the best use of the solar energy, and the green street lighting solution and home lighting solution will be easy for us to use.
