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Incandescent bulbs |
Quantity |
Price |
Life time of each bulb |
Wattage |
Total kWh used in it’s lifetime |
|
Kitchen |
5 |
$0.75 each |
750 hours |
100 W |
|
|
Bathroom |
5 |
$0.75 each |
750 hours |
100 W |
|
|
Living room |
5 |
$0.75 each |
750 hours |
100 W |
|
|
Bedroom 1 |
4 |
$0.75 each |
750 hours |
100 W |
|
|
Bedroom 2 |
4 |
$0.75 each |
750 hours |
100 W |
|
|
Bedroom 3 |
4 |
$0.75 each |
750 hours |
100 W |
|
Now go to the market and look for price, lifetime and wattage of fluorescent bulbs that gives you approximately same “lumen” as incandescent bulbs. Fill out your information in the following table.
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Fluorescent bulbs |
Quantity |
Price |
Life time of each bulb |
Wattage |
Total kWh used in it’s lifetime |
|
Kitchen |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bathroom |
5 |
|
|
|
|
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Living room |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bedroom 1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
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Bedroom 2 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
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Bedroom 3 |
4 |
|
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1. What will be your total energy savings during fluorescent bulbs life time.?
2. How much money will be saved.?