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 !
Lights for Learning™ is an education-based outreach and fundraising program that promotes the sale and use of low-cost, energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). The Program helps children and schools raise needed funds while encouraging participants and their communities to become more energy conscious.
The primary objectives for each Lights for Learning program include:
- Assist children and schools raise needed funds for the classroom or community programs
- Educate children about energy efficiency, conservation and reducing carbon dioxide emissions
- Recognize direct and indirect impact of climate change on human/animal health
- Provide students with a platform to educate others in their community
- Reinforce the value and benefits of using ENERGY STAR® qualified CFLs
To date, Lights for Learning has successfully helped school children earn over $87,500, sell 70,000 light bulbs and save their communities approximately $4,950,638 in energy costs!
Take a look at what past participants have said about the Lights for Learning program, read FAQs or check out the Program's monthly "Watts Going Down" newsletter.
Lights for Learning can be tailored to your school fundraiser's specific needs:
- Field Representatives can visit your school to host a FREE kick-off assembly or simply address a small group of kids
- Sales can made going door-to-door or in booths at school functions, sporting events or even in grocery stores
