subject: Save Energy With Your Home Lighting And Ideas For Summer [print this page] Lighting your home can become quite costly especially with the ever increasing prices of electricity and gas. By following some simple rules when it comes to you home lighting you can dramatically reduce your energy bills. Here is a look at some hints and tips to follow for your home lighting to save yourself a bundle on your bills.
Turn Off Your Lights - it may sound too obvious but its true and so many of us leave lights on for no reason at all. How many times do you walk upstairs to find one or two lights on when no one is up there? Or how often do you go to the bathroom to find the light is already on? Turning off your lights when you are not using the room can dramatically reduced the energy you use on your home lighting.
Open Up More Light - there are two great things about the sun, one it's a great source of light and two it's free. If you feel the need to turn on your home lighting during the day consider how to open up your house to allow more light in. Lights should not need to go on until evening time when it gets darker, save yourself money and open up your home and use the sun for home lighting.
Energy Saving Bulbs - nowadays we have the option of power saving bulbs, it's a good idea to use these bulbs because they can reduce your energy bills by a third. Of course you do not want to spend your evenings in the dark and so home lighting is required but using energy saving bulbs gives you the best of both worlds. They work by getting brighter the longer you leave them on and so you are not using full strength straight away to save on energy and money. These bulbs are a great option for home lighting and they are available in all lighting shops and supermarkets.
Summer Home Lighting
When choosing your home lighting you may want to keep in mind the type of lighting you would like in the summer months as well as the winter months. One piece of home lighting that is perfect for the summer months are ceiling fans because it cools down the air. Ceiling fans are a great option for home lighting because it accommodates for many different factors for example it provides a good source of light all year through and in the hotter months it will cool down the air so you do not need to pay out for an air conditioning unit. Not only are ceiling fans a good option for home lighting in the summer months but for the winter too. By turning on the ceiling fan in the winter it will disperse the hot air around the room and house more and so you do not need to have the heating on as high which will reduce heating costs.
Another factor to think about with home lighting which will aid you in the summer months is dimmer switches. A dimmer switch gives you control over how much light is given off from your lighting fixture. This will help you in a few ways during the summer, one being that you will not waste electricity. In the summer you will not need your home lighting to be on as much as you do in winter months because it stays lighter for longer. You may need a little light on as the evening sets in but this is where the dimmer switch will help. You can control the home lighting by a switch which will save you on your electricity bills. Most large home lighting fixtures give off heat from the light they give off which during the summer isn't the best as it is already hot. A dimmer switch can give you the light you need but keep the heat down to a minimum.
