Lighting – Compact Fluorescents
Overview

For brilliant savings
Hydro-Québec encourages you to replace your incandescent lightbulbs with ENERGY STAR^® qualified compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).

CFLs consume up to 75% less power and last up to 10 times longer than conventional incandescent bulbs.

Did you know?

• Lighting accounts for 5%–10% of a household's total energy consumption.
  
  
• If all the households in Québec replaced just one incandescent bulb with a compact fluorescent, this could save about 54 million kWh a year, which is equivalent to the consumption of about 2,700 households heated by electricity.
  
  
• If all the households in Québec replaced all their incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents (taking technical constraints into account), this could save about 1.14 billion kWh a year, which is equivalent to the consumption of about 57,400 households heated by electricity.
  
  
• Although you'll pay a bit more to buy a CFL, the long-term energy savings will make up for the difference in cost. Find out how
  
  

ENERGY STAR^® – A symbol of efficiency

Look for the ENERGY STAR symbol on high-efficiency compact fluorescent bulbs. It means long-lasting, bright light plus energy savings. They've been tested according to prescribed procedures. Their performance exceeds minimum government standards. They have special energy-saving features.