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... you’re like most people then chances are that you’ve already introduced at least some changes to your lifestyle to help contribute toward helping the environment. Recycling as much as you can and decreasing your reliance on plastic are great ways to reduce waste and help conserve scarce natural resources. But how about focusing on the bigger picture? Figuring out How To use green energy to power many of the domestic appliances and electronic devices in your home? It can seem daunting at first, but like everything else, if you stick with it then things will start to fit into place. ... ... you keen to get on board with ultra low energy LED lighting, save oodles of money and do your bit to help save the Earth’s limited resources? Thought so, because who wouldn’t be? But do you actually have the first idea How To get started when it comes to buying LED light bulbs? Well forget the baffling jargon and wild claims; it’s actually incredibly simple if you follow a few simple rules of thumb. Sure, you can go research luminous flux and photon density if you want to figure out what the data on the packaging is about. But that’s a bit like decoding the list of ingredients on a ... ... on how many lights you're dealing with, but one solution is to replace the original light fitting with a junction box (now in the ceiling void) such that the neutral and switched live wires can be extended to feed each light in turn, controlled by the original switch. At this stage you might want to seriously consider employing an electrician, especially if you don't know How To distribute power to multiple outlets in parallel. Also, if you were not able to cannibalize an existing power outlet then you're into running new cables to ... ... LED lighting in your own home, maybe because you're interested in introducing some new lighting effects to lift the appearance or because you want to save money on your electricity bill, or perhaps a bit of both. But if you're like most people then your first problem is in figuring out where and How To start. Both bricks and mortar and online retailers of LED bulbs seem pathologically intent on confusing the bejesus out of their would be customers with a mix that's heavy on hype and jargon and light ... ... consumers the issue of power factors is pretty much all smoke and mirrors; it affects how much it costs to deliver electricity rather than how much is actually used. In the case of business users, the electricity companies measure their overall power factor and apply a surcharge for causing distribution inefficiencies. They haven't (yet) got around to figuring out How To do the same to domestic consumers, but there is basically no arguing away the fact that a high power factor (as close to 1 as possible) is a Good Thing™ and a low one (heading towards zero) is nothing to be proud of. Many LEDs exhibit a power factor ...