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Press release on Climate | Energy

Hoarding light bulbs is nonsense

The energy experts agree that both cost and environmental factors provide good reasons to bid the light bulb farewell. Some see this differently and are hoarding light bulbs, probably because of old prejudices held against energy-saving lamps. Experts in electricity savings at the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) and the Federal Environment Agency are doing away with these prejudices, declaring that conventional light bulbs are really not too ‘bright’: they only convert about five percent of they energy they absorb into light. The better choice is modern energy-saving lamps, for they save energy, are longer-lasting, and are thus better for the household budget. read more

The Umweltbundesamt

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