St. Lucie County Leaders Take Pledge to Go Green: Change One Bulb

They want every household to go green one bulb at a time. 

St. Lucie County leaders are encouraging residents to take the pledge to change at least one light in your home to an energy-efficient bulb. Their goal is to chage over 1,000 bulbs, which will save 409,000 pounds of greenhouse gases.. and it will save homeowners in energy costs combined of over $26,000.

The reduction in greenhouse gas over the lightbulb's lifetime is the equivalent of burning 200 pounds of coal.

According to the bulb-changing leaders, if every American used one less lightbulb and one more ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would:

Conserve enough energy to light over three million homes for a year.

Prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

Save at least $600,000,000 in annual energy costs.

Those who oppose the new lightbulbs say they contain mercury and are toxic if broken.

For more information go to:

http://www.stlucieco.gov/erd/