About a year ago I wrote of my move to low energy gu10 LEDS (http://www.ossmedicine.org/?p=138). A year on and I can now look at the results this has had on our electricity bill. I’ve gone a bit further than just replacing the bulbs in the kitchen and living space, and replaced every bulb I can with LEDs or CFL’s if no suitable LED bulb available. The result has been quite remarkable. Our quarterly electricity bill has gone from approximately £200 to £100, and this doesn’t take into account the energy price increases we’ve seen this year. Not one of the bulbs has blown (compared with at least one a week with the old halogens).
Overall a result!
I think the phasing out of incandescent bulbs is long overdue. I understand phasing out halogen bulbs is also on the cards. Makes sense.
Counterpoint: I’ve had three £25 LED GU10 bulbs blow