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Light Bulbs
The use of more energy-efficient light bulbs is a definitive step toward reducing energy consumption, thereby moving to more sustainable resource use. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, lighting accounts for 38 percent of end-use electricity consumption in commercial buildings and about 10 percent in residential and manufacturing buildings. A 2006 study by the International Energy Agency estimated that grid-based electric lighting accounted for 19 percent of all global electricity consumption. Consequently, replacing general-purpose incandescent light bulbs can significantly reduce energy consumption; currently, compact fluorescent bulbs are the most economically viable option, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are even more energy efficient. In choosing an appropriate light bulb, the application, light intensity, energy efficiency, cost, resource depletion of source materials, and proper end-of-life disposal all ...
- Animal Products
- Airborne Diseases
- Cities
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- Alternative Energy Resources (Solar)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis for Alternative Products
- Cancers
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- Antiseptics
- Biomedicine
- Advertising and Marketing
- Arsenic Pollution
- Biological Control of Pests
- Air Filters/Scrubbers
- Fungi and Sick Building Syndrome
- Cell Phones
- Biodiesel
- Emergency Rooms
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Biological Weapons
- Children's Health
- California's Green Chemistry Initiative
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Bottled Water
- Chemical Pesticides
- Asthma
- Highways
- Computers and Printers (Ink)
- Clean Coal
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- Degenerative Diseases
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- Carbon Filters
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- Climate Change
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- Health Disparities
- Immune System Diseases
- Gastroenteritis
- Health Insurance Industry
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
- Anti-Cholesterol Drugs
- Chlorination By-Products
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- Indoor Air Quality
- Radon and Basements
- Ergonomics
- Firewood and Charcoal
- Health Insurance Reform
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- Education and Green Health
- Anti-Depressant Drugs
- Dehydration
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- Nursing, Lack of
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- Lighting
- Light Bulbs
- Lung Diseases
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- Men's Health
- Government Role in Green Health
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- Obesity
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- Microwave Ovens
- Manganese Sources and Health
- Mental Exercises
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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- Women's Health
- International Policies
- Swimming Pools
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- Nuclear Power
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- Metrics of Green Health
- Tap Water/Fluoride
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- Personal Consumer Role in Green Health
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- Private Industry Role in Green Health
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- Taxation of Unhealthy Products
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Health Organization's Environmental Burden of Disease
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