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States Change a Light for 2005
October 12, 2005
Energy Star wants to change the world one light at
a time. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the annual "Energy
Star Change a Light, Change the World Campaign" on October 5, urging
U.S. consumers to change at least one light in their home with one
that carries an Energy Star label. This year governors from 29
states joined the campaign and scores of businesses, including
national partners Costco, Home Depot, and Lowes.
The EPA points out that if every home in this
country changes just one light from an old, incandescent type to a
modern, compact fluorescent, American consumers will save $600
million in energy bills. For more information, see DOE’s campaign
announcement at:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm#id_9451
The following Colorado organizations are
participating formally in this national campaign:
City of Boulder
City of Fort Collins
Colorado Springs Utilities
Delta Montrose Electric Association
Fort Collins Utilities
Saint Vrain Valley School in Longmont
Interestingly, Xcel Energy is participating in
Minnesota but not in Colorado.
Thank you very much for the following lighting
vendors who joined the campaign as electrical distributor partners:
Arlun Inc., in Colorado Springs
Fireside Lighting Company in Loveland
Image Complete in Denver
The Light Center in Fort Collins
The Light House in Palmer Lake
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