Facts of Light Bulbs

The Energy Impact - of Lightbulbs Incandescent 1,200 1.25 42 3,000 600 60 4,620 13 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used Inert Gas over 50,000 hours Filament Cost of Electricity for 50k hrs Support ♥ Average Life (hrs) Button lead-in wire Cost Per Bulb Stem Watts Per Bulb Нeat O Lumens Per Watt Deflecting Disc Pinch Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Exhaust Tube Base Number Trees it would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) LED 36 70 50,000 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Epoxy Enclose Cost of Electricity for S0k hrs Wire Bond Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Refiective Cavity Watts Per Bulb Semiconductor Die O Lumens Per Watt Anvil Lead Frame Post Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Flat Spot Number Trees it T would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Cathode CFL 1,780 10,000 14 55 140 700 3.95 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Cover Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Phosphor Coating O Cost of Electricity Mercury Vapor Argon for 50k hrs V Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Watts Per Bulb Ballast O Lumens Per Watt Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Ballast Housing Number Trees it Base would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Energy & Environmental Comparisons If every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with a CFL, it would: Be the equivalent to removing 800,000 cars from the road. Save about $700 million in annual energy costs. Save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes. 1000 Prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, Fun Fact: The oldest lightbulb The world's oldest bulb that has been burning since 1901, or nearly one million hours lightbulb is Incandescent so far. It took Thomas Edison roughly 10,000 tries until he got a stable, working version of the incandescent bulb, STANDARDS USED 6 Twenty-Five year old pine trees absorb 1 tonne of CO2", 1.54 Ibs of CO2 per kWh" SOURCES 1. http://www.ehow.com/about_5306554_halogen-bulb-lifespan.html 2. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25978.pdf 3. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/CFL_PRG.pdf 4. http://www.erasecarbonfootprint.com/treeoffset.html Well Home. 5. http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp Improve the weather inside. 6.7. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm CFL Diagram LED Diagram Incandescent Diagram The Energy Impact - of Lightbulbs Incandescent 1,200 1.25 42 3,000 600 60 4,620 13 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used Inert Gas over 50,000 hours Filament Cost of Electricity for 50k hrs Support ♥ Average Life (hrs) Button lead-in wire Cost Per Bulb Stem Watts Per Bulb Нeat O Lumens Per Watt Deflecting Disc Pinch Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Exhaust Tube Base Number Trees it would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) LED 36 70 50,000 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Epoxy Enclose Cost of Electricity for S0k hrs Wire Bond Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Refiective Cavity Watts Per Bulb Semiconductor Die O Lumens Per Watt Anvil Lead Frame Post Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Flat Spot Number Trees it T would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Cathode 5 CFL 1,780 10,000 14 55 140 700 3.95 5 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Cover Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Phosphor Coating O Cost of Electricity Mercury Vapor Argon for 50k hrs V Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Watts Per Bulb Ballast O Lumens Per Watt Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Ballast Housing Number Trees it Base would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Energy & Environmental Comparisons If every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with a CFL, it would: Be the equivalent to removing 800,000 cars from the road. Save about $700 million in annual energy costs. Save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes. 1000 Prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions рer year, Fun Fact: The oldest lightbulb The world's oldest bulb that has been burning since 1901, or nearly one million hours lightbulb is Incandescent so far. It took Thomas Edison roughly 10,000 tries until he got a stable, working version of the incandescent bulb, STANDARDS USED 6 Twenty-Five year old pine trees absorb 1 tonne of CO2", 1.54 Ibs of CO2 per kWh" SOURCES 1. http://www.ehow.com/about_5306554_halogen-bulb-lifespan.html 2. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25978.pdf 3. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/CFL_PRG.pdf 4. http://www.erasecarbonfootprint.com/treeoffset.html Well Home. 5. http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp Improve the weather inside. 6.7. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm CFL Diagram LED Diagram Incandescent Diagram The Energy Impact - of Lightbulbs Incandescent 1,200 1.25 42 3,000 600 60 4,620 13 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used Inert Gas over 50,000 hours Filament Cost of Electricity for 50k hrs Support ♥ Average Life (hrs) Button lead-in wire Cost Per Bulb Stem Watts Per Bulb Нeat O Lumens Per Watt Deflecting Disc Pinch Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Exhaust Tube Base Number Trees it would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) LED 36 70 50,000 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Epoxy Enclose Cost of Electricity for S0k hrs Wire Bond Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Refiective Cavity Watts Per Bulb Semiconductor Die O Lumens Per Watt Anvil Lead Frame Post Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Flat Spot Number Trees it T would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Cathode 5 CFL 1,780 10,000 14 55 140 700 3.95 5 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Cover Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Phosphor Coating O Cost of Electricity Mercury Vapor Argon for 50k hrs V Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Watts Per Bulb Ballast O Lumens Per Watt Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Ballast Housing Number Trees it Base would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Energy & Environmental Comparisons If every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with a CFL, it would: Be the equivalent to removing 800,000 cars from the road. Save about $700 million in annual energy costs. Save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes. 1000 Prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions рer year, Fun Fact: The oldest lightbulb The world's oldest bulb that has been burning since 1901, or nearly one million hours lightbulb is Incandescent so far. It took Thomas Edison roughly 10,000 tries until he got a stable, working version of the incandescent bulb, STANDARDS USED 6 Twenty-Five year old pine trees absorb 1 tonne of CO2", 1.54 Ibs of CO2 per kWh" SOURCES 1. http://www.ehow.com/about_5306554_halogen-bulb-lifespan.html 2. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25978.pdf 3. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/CFL_PRG.pdf 4. http://www.erasecarbonfootprint.com/treeoffset.html Well Home. 5. http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp Improve the weather inside. 6.7. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm CFL Diagram LED Diagram Incandescent Diagram The Energy Impact - of Lightbulbs Incandescent 1,200 1.25 42 3,000 600 60 4,620 13 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used Inert Gas over 50,000 hours Filament Cost of Electricity for 50k hrs Support ♥ Average Life (hrs) Button lead-in wire Cost Per Bulb Stem Watts Per Bulb Нeat O Lumens Per Watt Deflecting Disc Pinch Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Exhaust Tube Base Number Trees it would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) LED 36 70 50,000 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Epoxy Enclose Cost of Electricity for S0k hrs Wire Bond Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Refiective Cavity Watts Per Bulb Semiconductor Die O Lumens Per Watt Anvil Lead Frame Post Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Flat Spot Number Trees it T would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Cathode 5 CFL 1,780 10,000 14 55 140 700 3.95 5 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Cover Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Phosphor Coating O Cost of Electricity Mercury Vapor Argon for 50k hrs V Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Watts Per Bulb Ballast O Lumens Per Watt Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Ballast Housing Number Trees it Base would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Energy & Environmental Comparisons If every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with a CFL, it would: Be the equivalent to removing 800,000 cars from the road. Save about $700 million in annual energy costs. Save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes. 1000 Prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions рer year, Fun Fact: The oldest lightbulb The world's oldest bulb that has been burning since 1901, or nearly one million hours lightbulb is Incandescent so far. It took Thomas Edison roughly 10,000 tries until he got a stable, working version of the incandescent bulb, STANDARDS USED 6 Twenty-Five year old pine trees absorb 1 tonne of CO2", 1.54 Ibs of CO2 per kWh" SOURCES 1. http://www.ehow.com/about_5306554_halogen-bulb-lifespan.html 2. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25978.pdf 3. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/CFL_PRG.pdf 4. http://www.erasecarbonfootprint.com/treeoffset.html Well Home. 5. http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp Improve the weather inside. 6.7. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm CFL Diagram LED Diagram Incandescent Diagram The Energy Impact - of Lightbulbs Incandescent 1,200 1.25 42 3,000 600 60 4,620 13 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used Inert Gas over 50,000 hours Filament Cost of Electricity for 50k hrs Support ♥ Average Life (hrs) Button lead-in wire Cost Per Bulb Stem Watts Per Bulb Нeat O Lumens Per Watt Deflecting Disc Pinch Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Exhaust Tube Base Number Trees it would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) LED 36 70 50,000 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Epoxy Enclose Cost of Electricity for S0k hrs Wire Bond Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Refiective Cavity Watts Per Bulb Semiconductor Die O Lumens Per Watt Anvil Lead Frame Post Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Flat Spot Number Trees it T would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Cathode 5 CFL 1,780 10,000 14 55 140 700 3.95 5 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Cover Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Phosphor Coating O Cost of Electricity Mercury Vapor Argon for 50k hrs V Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Watts Per Bulb Ballast O Lumens Per Watt Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Ballast Housing Number Trees it Base would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Energy & Environmental Comparisons If every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with a CFL, it would: Be the equivalent to removing 800,000 cars from the road. Save about $700 million in annual energy costs. Save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes. 1000 Prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions рer year, Fun Fact: The oldest lightbulb The world's oldest bulb that has been burning since 1901, or nearly one million hours lightbulb is Incandescent so far. It took Thomas Edison roughly 10,000 tries until he got a stable, working version of the incandescent bulb, STANDARDS USED 6 Twenty-Five year old pine trees absorb 1 tonne of CO2", 1.54 Ibs of CO2 per kWh" SOURCES 1. http://www.ehow.com/about_5306554_halogen-bulb-lifespan.html 2. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25978.pdf 3. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/CFL_PRG.pdf 4. http://www.erasecarbonfootprint.com/treeoffset.html Well Home. 5. http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp Improve the weather inside. 6.7. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm CFL Diagram LED Diagram Incandescent Diagram The Energy Impact - of Lightbulbs Incandescent 1,200 1.25 42 3,000 600 60 4,620 13 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used Inert Gas over 50,000 hours Filament Cost of Electricity for 50k hrs Support ♥ Average Life (hrs) Button lead-in wire Cost Per Bulb Stem Watts Per Bulb Нeat O Lumens Per Watt Deflecting Disc Pinch Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Exhaust Tube Base Number Trees it would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) LED 36 70 50,000 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Epoxy Enclose Cost of Electricity for S0k hrs Wire Bond Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Refiective Cavity Watts Per Bulb Semiconductor Die O Lumens Per Watt Anvil Lead Frame Post Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Flat Spot Number Trees it T would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Cathode 5 CFL 1,780 10,000 14 55 140 700 3.95 5 LEGEND Bulbs Needed for 50k hours Cover Kwh of electricity used over 50,000 hours Phosphor Coating O Cost of Electricity Mercury Vapor Argon for 50k hrs V Average Life (hrs) Cost Per Bulb Watts Per Bulb Ballast O Lumens Per Watt Lbs of CO2 Emissions per 50,000 Hrs Ballast Housing Number Trees it Base would take to offset this CO2 in one year (25 yr old Pine Trees) Energy & Environmental Comparisons If every American home replaced just one incandescent bulb with a CFL, it would: Be the equivalent to removing 800,000 cars from the road. Save about $700 million in annual energy costs. Save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes. 1000 Prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions рer year, Fun Fact: The oldest lightbulb The world's oldest bulb that has been burning since 1901, or nearly one million hours lightbulb is Incandescent so far. It took Thomas Edison roughly 10,000 tries until he got a stable, working version of the incandescent bulb, STANDARDS USED 6 Twenty-Five year old pine trees absorb 1 tonne of CO2", 1.54 Ibs of CO2 per kWh" SOURCES 1. http://www.ehow.com/about_5306554_halogen-bulb-lifespan.html 2. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25978.pdf 3. http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/downloads/CFL_PRG.pdf 4. http://www.erasecarbonfootprint.com/treeoffset.html Well Home. 5. http://www.snopes.com/science/lightbulb.asp Improve the weather inside. 6.7. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm CFL Diagram LED Diagram Incandescent Diagram