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Article: TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS DEMONSTRATE ENERGY STAR QUALIFIED LIGHTING
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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The Wisconsin Department of Commerce issued the following article in its October newsletter:
Two historic public buildings in Madison recently installed demonstrations of low cost, energy efficient lighting. The Capitol and UW-Madison's Memorial Union replaced hundreds of traditional screw-base incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). Energy cost savings are estimated to be $7,000 a year at the Capitol and over $12,000 at the Memorial Union. Additional benefits will come from labor savings and reduced need for air conditioning. Saving energy will also help the environment by lowering air pollution emissions and other environmental impacts of ...