# Light Cost: Green Lighting Story Goes Huffington Post Green

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/02/light-cost-green-lighting-story-goes-huffington-post-green/
- Published: 2020-02-01T23:36:18-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Let’s talk light cost. Yes!!! I had totally forgotten to write a wrap up post on
the Huffington Post but it’s here!!

I was able to get a story onto the Huffington Post Green [section](https://greenlivingguy.com/2010/12/green-lighting-press-for-green-guide-goes-further-web-bound/)
about [green lighting](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/11/light-bulb-incandescent-green-led-new-york-lighting-district/).
It was very exciting and I did the Facebook and [twitter](http://www.twitter.com/seth_leitman)
but [NEVER](https://greenlivingguy.com/2010/12/green-lighting-book-signing-in-ossining-ny-on-december-14th-meet-all-the-green-guru-guide-authors/)
a post!  Duh!!

### Huffington Post Story on Light Cost

#### ![Green Lighting](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/4EDA10AE-8ED6-40D4-8374-6FE348D570B9-e1579579694527.jpeg?resize=135%2C186&quality=52&ssl=1)

_Let us change every street lamp in America to _[LED](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/04/why-led-lighting-is-a-better-choice-to-go-green/).
As [James Cameron](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/10/exclusive-james-cameron-says-he-could-have-cleaned-up-the-gulf-in-6-months-and-he-loves-green-lighting-book-at-popular-mechanics-2011/)
and I agreed; if we just do green lighting in this country we can easily [save this country](https://greenlivingguy.com/2010/10/light-bulb-at-home-choosing-the-best-lighting-options/).
From taxes, jobs, energy efficiency which reduces [power plant emissions](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/12/epa-proposes-changes-to-clean-air-act-standards-for-boilers-and-incinerators/),
national security. Everything!

As I recently [wrote](https://greenlivingguy.com/2013/06/zem-from-ecofabulous-style-meets-sustainability/)
up in the Huffington Post article ([an excerpt](https://greenlivingguy.com/2013/02/green-lighting-energy-efficient-solutions-explained/)
on green lighting) I realized numbers say more. More than I can with regard to [retrofits](https://greenlivingguy.com/2010/12/green-light-energy-company-and-future-projects-ahead/),
jobs and energy prices:

#### LAX LED Light Cost and Savings

In California, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) officials switched to LED.
That’s for functional and outdoor lighting. All reducing annual lighting costs by
$55,000 and lifetime [maintenance](https://greenlivingguy.com/2026/06/ev-maintenance-cost-comparison-that-matters/)
costs by $980,000.

In addition and in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Sentry Equipment Corporation chose to 
light its new factory almost entirely with LEDs. That’s both interior and exterior.
The initial cost was three times more than incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. However,
this price premium is expected to be repaid within two years. All from electricity
savings. The bulbs are expected to last for 20 years.

#### Here is an excerpt:

When you author a book like Green Lighting you get a certain perspective on life.
That is what I need to share. You see America our lighting in this country is so
outdated that it is costing us as taxpayers, corporations and individuals too much
money. There should be no reason that a disgusting looking yellow outdoor light 
should be connected to the wall when it consumes over 200 watts of power, looks 
like well crap and costs so much money in this country.

#### This light cost affects governments Nationwide.

Yes, we are talking State, County, Municipal and Federal; never to mention school
districts and Higher Education Institutions quietly driving up the cost of those
services. Yet nobody seems to talk about the Red Herring in the room. So let’s go
there for a minute.

[Finally](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/01/practically-green-likes-green-lighting/),
here’s the [story](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/with-green-lighting-you-g_b_1242219)
on The Huffington Post.