Category Archives: Going Green

As much as half of the energy used in your home goes to heating and cooling. So making smart decisions about your home's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system can have a big effect on your utility bills - and your comfort. Take these steps to increase the efficiency of your heating and cooling…

While Flurescent light bulbs contain a very small amount of mercury which is sealed within a glass tubing, if shattered and the mercury is mishandled they can be a danger to your health. Elemental (metallic) mercury primarily causes health effects when it is breathed as a vapor where it can be absorbed through the lungs.…

Humans use mercury in a variety of manufacturing processes and products such as thermometers and fluorescent bulbs. If you improperly dispose of products with mercury in them, they may break and release mercury vapors which are harmful to human and ecological health. Dispose of used mercury-containing items properly. Clean up mercury spills properly and report…

If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars. Earning the Government's ENERGY…