Being Duped into believing your "GREEN".

Hello Everyone.

It seems that the more people i speak to on a daily basis seem to think they are doing a "GOOD" thing by using CFL's aka Compact Fluorescents. This is an issue because they are being told that by using them they are doing the "GREEN" thing and conserving energy. THEY ARE using less energy but they are also NOT being told how to PROPERLY dispose of these "CFL's". Their are locations like Home Depot and Lowes that will recycle these at no cost to you if you simply bring them your burned out CFL's. BUT HERE IS THE ISSUE......the overwhelming numbers of the CFL's being used are never properly disposed of creating a large amount of MERCURY ADDITIONS to our landfills and ultimately our creeeks, Rivers, and Streams.

This additional Mercury could be one of the reasons why the SHARK in the oceans and Gulfs are not to be eaten. The Shark harbors the Mercury in their muscle tissue and it doesnt escape. This creates an issue to hundreds of thousands of people who live in the coastal communities that eat fish caught near the coast lines. Why is it that we just "ACCEPT" the federal governments warnings to only eat fish "a couple time a month" due to the mercury levels in most fish? Why is it that we allow the Lighting Companies use Poison to light their lamps and parking lots and streetlights with lights that they do not recycle in most cases? MERCURY IS POISONOUS!!!!! Its known and its the reason why CFL's have lost lots of customers. NOW the CFL manufacturers are adding a SILICONE coating to try and ensure you that the poison wont fill your rooms up with mercury if they explode or get broken.... Yet the installation instructions say to be careful adding them into childrens rooms. Any Guess' why? Its simple..... Its a way to make their product less likely to be sued for Mercury Poisoning if it happens because they "warned you". After all is said and done, Dont take MY WORD FOR IT... Go and Google it, or Mercury Poisoning, or Links to Autism. Its just amazing that we accept so many harmful things into OUR HOUSE and our Offices without thinking...

We recycle some things and we consider ourselves "GREEN"... When in truth we are adding more poison to our landfills daily than we ever would in recycling aluminum. Please do us all a favor and do these for starters

1. Start Recycling Plastic, aluminum, and your Fluorescent and CFL tubes.
2. Use LED lighting as much as possible to save over 50% more than by using CFL's while getting 4 times the amount of lighting time
3. Remember to tell others about the dangers of their lighting choices.
4. Remember Deep Green Lighting when you purchase your TRUELY GREEN LED LIGHTS.

Thanks.

Episcopal Church of the Annunciation

Hello Everyone

This is my very first attempt at a blog so please excuse me if its subpar. All is well in the "DEEP Green" world as we have been working on our first Church retrofit. The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation on Jamerson Road in Marietta Georgia has had the HPS 200 Watt lights replaced with a set of 16 LED Downlights supplied by Deep Green Lighting Solutions, LLC . The difference is amazing as we removed 12 of the HPS 200 Watt units and replaced them with 16 of the 13.5 Watt led downlight units.

Now the Church has went from using over 2400 watts at all times to using ONLY 216 Watts max consumption. This IS GREEN.... Also they were replacing the HPS lights roughly once per year and the LED lighting installed has a 5 year warranty and a 100,000 hour life expectancy. As I spoke with the bishop he told me that in some cases...."you just have to do whats right" and being GREEN and adding Zero amounts of Mercury is just that. He was dead on correct.

I hope you all have a great work week and that you take the time to appreciate the churches and the people that make my work possible as they are a wonderful group of people to be thinking "big picture" and not thinking solely about themselves and helping me and my company "save Energy and the Planet, One light at a time.