Energy Conservation Powerpoint

FLORESCENT vs. INCANDESCENT

This project was very INFORMATIVE and ENLIGHTENING. I discovered that the push to use fluorescent light bulbs in place of incandescent light bulbs is not all it's cracked up to be. In many cases you will save kWh and therefore save money except, in places like Sitka. In Sitka oil is the main source of heating. It isn't very GREEN or cost effective so the use of incandescent lights is better. Incandescent lights actually help to heat the house and are less expensive than oil since they are electric. In Sitka the electric is actually GREENER since we have a hydroelectric plant. I also realized that you aren't simply charged per kWh hours it actually depends on how many hours you use. For example, up to 200 kWh is 14.7 cents, 201 to 1,000 kWh is 8.01 cents and then over 1,000 is 9.18 cents.

In many places the switch from incandescent light bulbs to fluorescent light bulbs may actually be GREENER. You may save some money but that isn't always the case. So before you run out and buy fluorescent bulbs to replace your incandescent light bulbs find out a few facts:

• Is your main source of heating for oil?
•  is your electric generated from a hydroelectric plant?

If you answered yes to any of the previous questions switching from incandescent to fluorescent may actually not be conserving energy.

You can view the PowerPoint at the following link: Energy Conservation Presentation

ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT

A LOOK AT CONSERVING

Incandescent lights versus LED lights, how much energy do you really conserve?
In the world of rising costs and diminishing resources people are looking at trying to save money and reduce waste. One of the ways people have started trying to conserve energy is the use of LED light bulbs.  The use LED light bulbs in place of the typical incandescent light bulbs. The typical incandescent light bulb not only conserves energy but also is more pleasant to be around and can help people remain more alert, but the question is how much do you really conserve?

To answer this question I will be taking a survey of all of the light bulbs within my house and the number of hours the lights are on per day. I will then record my usage over two weeks and convert the wattage used in incandescent versus what would be used in LED lights by putting the formula in excel. I will then calculating my savings over the two weeks in both wattage usage and financial savings.