Let there be light

I've been reading a lot about how the federal lightbulb efficiency standards that went into effect almost two months ago, on January 01, can not only lower our electricity bills but also help create jobs for the Americans in the longer run. 

Manufacturers and wholesalers will have to meet new standards that are forcing them to improve the efficiency of incandescent bulbs or replace them with newer technologies. What does this mean for us? Lower electricity bills and savings every month.

Comparative analysis of the light bulbs

As for the jobs we can look at the bulb manufacturing sector to start with. 

Since the summer of 2000, our country has lost a startling 32 percent of its manufacturing base. Ohio has been particularly hard hit, losing 282,000 manufacturing positions. Energy-efficient light bulbs, though, are bringing manufacturing jobs back. Not all 282,000 of them, by any means. But they’re an important start.  

To read more on the stats of the jobs created please click here

There are international nonprofits (The Climate Group and others) also who are helping the municipalities in the developing countries to switch to more energy efficient bulbs for street lighting and other purposes, for instance in the municipal/urban local bodies' office buildings. These projects have been undertaken as a part of the larger HSBC Climate Partnership (HCP) funded by HSBC Global.

To read more on these initiatives please click here.

Thomas Alva Edison’s brilliant invention, the incandescent light bulb, will have to shape up or ship out but the ship out won't get any complaints from the consumers or the job seekers in the same field.

This article has been adopted from the original article posted by the NRDC, Kiplinger's and TCG under HCP.

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