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Toronto will give you $50 to save energy!
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Toronto Hydro is running a brilliant campaign: they are giving away two free energy-saving bulbs to all Toronto residents to pick up at any Home Depot (Details here). Over the life of the bulbs, they will save you over $50, but more importantly, they will reduce energy use by 75% assuming they replace normal bulbs.

I've been keen to buy energy saving bulbs over the last few years especially after seeing them even in much simpler residences in Ghana, which got me thinking... it is a higher up-front cost, but it's a good investment that pays off financially (they last 6-10 times as long for 2-3 times the price) and environmentally!

Isn't this such a brilliant initiative? I'm glad our power company (although deregulated) is thinking innovatively!

Did you know? According to the Clean Air Foundation (CAF) if every household and business in Toronto replaced just two bulbs, we could eliminate 17,667 tonnes of green house gas emissions annually.

October 7, 2005 | 2:19 AM Comments  3 comments

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Willis Willis
October 26, 2005 | 7:12 PM

Where is the handle?
Willis Willis
October 26, 2005 | 7:15 PM

Tatooine!!!!
hugh Hugh Switzer
October 26, 2005 | 7:15 PM

Andrew goes crazy . . .
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