Many students using our footprint calculator said that they could not pledge to reduce their home footprints because they were not making the decisions for the household. Here is your chance to design your own sustainable virtual household!
If you had your own home, what would you do to make it more energy efficient? Where would you get your electricity from? Where would your house be? Would you live near to your school or work or local transit options? Where would you get your food from?
MY Family Footprint >
My Lightbulb's Impact on My Carbon Footprint
Before I received my Carbon Footprint score, I was not conscious of the effect the type of lightbulb could have on the environment. If I were to switch all my incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs, my overall Carbon Footprint score lowers by 2,000 kgs. After some research, I learned that the drawback of incandescent bulbs on the environment is that they use more energy to light rooms, unlike LEDs which produce light in a more sustainable way. An LED’s 16.5-watt bulb is as efficient as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Also, LEDs do not contain substances that would be harmful to the environment like mercury which can be found in fluorescent bulbs. Overall, I know I already use some LEDs within my household, and I learned that it’s more cost-efficient, in the long run, to change your lights so my plan is to switch out all my incandescent bulbs by the end of the year, and encourage other’s who can to switch their bulbs as well.
Source: https://greenamerica.org/green-living/c … tter-bulbs