Green living with eco-friendly lights

MANILA, Philippines - In the midst of climate change, your home’s lighting fixtures can make significant contributions to the increasing global clamor to help save the environment. Having economically friendly or “eco-friendly” lamps and light fixtures is key to help save energy and protect the environment.

With the growing number of people becoming conscious of the importance of living green, eco-friendly lights commonly known as Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) are becoming a popular alternative to incandescent lights. CFL is a type of fluorescent lamp that gives off light similar to common incandescent bulbs but with reduced energy consumption and longer life, making it economical and practical to use at the same time.

Filipino families can now enjoy the benefits of eco-friendly lights as Firefly Electric & Lighting Corp. (FELCO) makes available Firefly CFLs on the local market. Firefly CFLs provide a “greener” lighting experience for your table lamps, downlight fixtures, ceiling fixtures and garden fixtures.

“Firefly CFLs are economical, energy-saving and eco-friendly,” said Jhie Greenwood, marketing manager of FELCO.

A 15-watt Firefly CFL used in place of a 60-watt regular incandescent bulb saves about 82 kwh in one year. This means reduced electricity bills and increased personal savings for Filipino families.

In addition, Firefly CFLs last up to five times longer than regular incandescent bulbs and they use about one-fourth the energy, producing 80 percent less heat while producing more light per watt. This means that a 15 watt CFL has the same illumination as that of a 60-watt regular incandescent bulb.

To allow Filipinos to appreciate the “green” lighting experience, FELCO recently launched the “Palit FCFL campaign” at SM Fairview and Mandaluyong Hypermarkets where mallgoers surrendered their old and/or used incandescent lights in exchange for a Firefly CFL for free. More than 1,000 CFLs were distributed during the event.

Firefly CFLs are available in three color temperatures: warm white (highlights the oranges and reds hues), daylight (mimics natural lighting) and cool daylight (highlights the blue and green hues).

Firefly Lighting products are distributed in more than 5,000 hardware and electrical stores all over the Philippines, including chain stores like Ace Hardware, Hardware Workshop, SM Hypermarket, CitiHardware, Wilcon Builders, Handyman, True Value and Federal Hardware to name a few.

For more information, visit www.fireflyelectric.com, e-mail info@fireflyelectric.com or call 242-2060 to 65, fax 242-2060 loc 707.