|PHOTO COURTESY OF POWERLIGHT CORPORATION | |The Mauna Lani
located in Hawaii is the largest | solar-powered resort in the
world. Its solar electric systems reduce operational costs as
well as contribute to Hawaii's sustainability and environmental
preservation by offsetting diesel combustion for Saving energy
through lighting requires either reducing electricity or
reducing the amount of time the lights are on. To reduce
electricity, you can replace existing fluorescent lights with
more energy-efficient models, which provide a lower wattage but
approximately the same light output. Replace incandescent lights
(regular old bulbs) that are on more than a few hours a day with
compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). For your efforts, you'll see
payback in about two years, Barrie says. Compact fluorescent
lights (CFLs) combine the efficiency of fluorescent with the
convenience of incandescent. The technology has been around for
nearly 20 years, but it has become more popular in the past
decade because of advancements i