Caravelle Lighting

"Shed some light on your good taste"

Caravelle Lighting
P.O. Box 427
9307 S. Route 12 suite D
Richmond, IL 60071
ph: 815-678-4558
fax: 815-678-4207
info@caravellelite.com

Energy Efficient

If every home replaced one bulb from incandescent to CFL (compact fluorescent), we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year. More than $600 million in annual energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equal to more than 800,000 cars!!

Now if we all replaced the five most used lights in our homes. We would save $8 billion each year!! Together we would save greenhouse gas emissions equal to nearly 10 million cars.

What are you waiting for?...Make the switch today!

There's Mercury in there??
CFL's contain a very small about of mercury sealed with in the glass tubing-an average of 5 milligrams, about the amount that would cover the tip of a ballpoint pen.
Mercury is currently the essential component of CFL's and is what allows the bulb to be such an efficient light source. No mercury is released when the bulb is intact or in use.
However if a bulb is to break you must leave the area right away so you don’t breathe in the mercury. Check out www.EPA.gov/mercury to see the proper ways to clean and dispose of broken bulbs.
Along with that is the importance of recycling the CFL's. They are very toxic to our environment if not taken care of properly. See www.EPA.gov/bulbrecycling for safe recycle centers, as always your local hardware store and Home Depot will take in used CFL's.

LED= Light Emitting Diode

Small light source that is illuminated by the movement of electrons through a semiconductor material.

LED's are the future of lighting. These tiny little lights consume 7w of energy per 48ft standing in a class all their own. See the LED tab for more information.

Here are a few helpful websites to see which CFL's are right for you:

Click"Choose a light guide" very helpful information:

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls

To see exactly how much money and energy you are saving check out the "Get green savings calculator":

http://www.greenlightsusa.com/index2.html