Bulbs
Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) are the swirley bulbs you're seeing in more and more places. In addition to the most common ones that look a little like soft-serve ice cream cones, CFLs come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors. These bulbs may seem more expensive if you only compare their price to standard incandescent bulbs, but CFLs use around ¼ the energy, last many times longer and release much less heat.In case you're curious, here are the watts needed by regular incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent bulbs to produce the same amount of light.
Because the wattage of a CFL bulb is much lower than that of an incandescent, you can use higher wattage CFL giving you the equivalent light of a higher wattage incandescent. For example: If your fixture says not to exceed 60 watts, you can use a 15 watt CFL to get the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb or use up to a 42 watt CFL and increase the amount of light.
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