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Typical prices in the UK in 2008 are used in this answer only to illustrate the method of calculation needed to answer this question. To make a comparison for wherever you live, just substitute your own local currency and costs for the particular lamps you want to use (lamp purchase prices, cost of labour for lamp replacement and unit costs for electrical energy) and then you just have to do all the calculations! Any total money savings will depend on several things: - how much a lamp is used over a particular period of time - the purchase price of the lamp - the cost of installing/replacing the lamp. In a domestic "home" environment it is often assumed that the labour needed to replace a lamp costs nothing - unless, of course, you actually have to pay someone to help you to do it. But in any office, shop, factory or similar "business" environment there will definitely be a labour cost. For simplicity a very low labour cost to replace a lamp has been assumed in the calculations below, but this is only an estimate: it would have to be adjusted to take into account the actual costs of labour for the time needed to replace lamps at each site. Assumptions used in making the comparison:
- an overall five year period of lamp use
- a typical business use environment of (say) 5 days per week for (say) 50 weeks per year
- a labour cost to make the replacement of (say) £2 per lamp
- a 60 Watt Type R80 Reflector Conventional Incandescent Lamp (CIL) costs £1 and has a typical life of 1000 hours
- a 15 Watt Type R80 Reflector Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) having similar light output to the 60 Watt CIL, costs £15 and has a typical life of 5000 hours
- mains electrical energy costs £0.10 per unit kiloWatt-hour (kWh) Scenario A - Average lamp usage 1 hour/day First compare the basic purchase price and labour costs associated with replacing the lamps over a period of 5 years. 60 Watt CIL:
Total use over 5 years: 1hr/day x 5 days/week x 50 weeks/year x 5 years = 1250 hours.
You would therefore need to buy 2 CILs, each lasting 1000 hours.
Cost £1 each to buy plus, for each lamp, a £2 labour cost to fit it.
Total CIL lamp purchase and installation cost over 5 years: £6. 15 Watt CFL
Typical lamp life: 5000 hours over 5 years
You would therefore need to buy 1 CFL.
Cost £15 each to buy plus, for each lamp, a £2 labour cost to fit it.
Total CFL lamp purchase and installation cost over 5 years: £17. Now compare energy usage over 5 years: 60 Watt CIL: (60Watts) x (1 hour/day) x (250 days/year) x (5 years) = 75,000 Watt-hours = 75kWh.
At (say) 10 pence per kWh the CIL would use £7.50 worth of energy over the 5 year period. 15 Watt CFL: (15Watts) x (1 hours/day) x (250 days/year) x (5 years) = 18,750 Watt-hours = 18.75kWh.
At (say) 10 pence per kWh the CFL would use £1.875 worth of energy over the 5 year period. Now compare the overall total costs: 60 Watt CIL:
Buy-in price and labour costs £6 + energy £7.50 = £13.50 total cost. 15 Watt CFL:
Buy-in price and labour costs £17 + energy £1.875 = £18.875 total cost So, with 1 hour/day average daily use, over a period of 5 years, using a CFL costs more money overall than using a CIL.
The extra cost is: (£18.875 - £13.50) = £5.375
which is (£5.375/£13.50) = about a 40% extra money cost.
Scenario B - Average lamp usage 4 hours/day
First compare the basic buy-in price and labour costs associated with replacing the lamps over a period of 5 years. Total use over 5 years: 4hr/day x 5 days/week x 50 weeks/year x 5 years = 5000 hours
You would therefore need to buy 5 CILs, each having a life of 1000 hours, or 1 CFL having a life of 5000 hours. 60 Watt CIL: 5 lamps at £1 each plus, for each lamp, a £2 labour cost to fit it.
Total CIL lamp purchase and installation costs over 5 years: £15. 60 Watt CFL: Cost £15 each to buy plus, for each lamp, a £2 labour cost to fit it.
Total CFL lamp purchase and installation costs over 5 years: £17. Now compare energy usage over 5 years: 60 Watt CIL: (60Watts) x (4 hours/day) x (250 days/year) x (5 years) = 300,000 Watt-hours = 300kWh.
At (say) 10 pence per kWh the CIL would use £30 worth of energy over the 5 year period. 15 Watt CFL: (15Watts) x (4 hours/day) x (250 days/year) x (5 years) = 75,000 Watt-hours = 75kWh.
At (say) 10 pence per kWh the CFL would use £7.50 worth of energy over the 5 year period. Now compare the overall total costs: 60 Watt CIL:
Buy-in price and labour costs £15 + energy £30 = £45 total cost. 15 Watt CFL:
Buy-in price and labour costs £17 + energy £7.50 = £24.50 total cost So, with 4 hours/day average daily use, the money saved by
using CFLs instead of CILs over a period of 5 years is £45 - £24.50 = £20.50.
This is a money saving of £20.50/£45 = about 45% money saving.
Scenario C - Average lamp usage 8 hours/day
First compare the basic buy-in price and labour costs associated with replacing the lamps over a period of 5 years. Total use over 5 years: 8hr/day x 5 days/week x 50 weeks/year x 5 years = 10,000 hours 60 Watt CIL: You would need to install 10 lamps lasting 1000 hours each
at a cost of £1 each to buy plus, for each lamp, a £2 labour cost for fitting it.
Total CIL lamp purchase and installation cost over 5 years: £30. 15 Watt CFL: You would need to use 2 lamps each lasting 5000 hours
at a cost of £15 each to buy plus, for each lamp, a £2 labour cost for fitting it.
Total CFL lamp purchase and installation cost over 5 years: £34. Now compare energy usage over 5 years: 60 Watt CIL: (60Watts) x (8 hours/day) x (250 days/year) x (5 years) = 600,000 Watt-hours = 600kWh.
At (say) 10 pence per kWh the CIL would use £60 worth of energy over the 5 year period. 15 Watt CFL: (15Watts) x (8 hours/day) x (250 days/year) x (5 years) = 150,000 Watt-hours = 150kWh.
At (say) 10 pence per kWh the CFL would use £15 worth of energy over the 5 year period. Now compare the overall total costs: 60 Watt conventional:
Buy-in price and labour costs £30 + energy £60 = £90 total cost. 15 Watt CFL:
Buy-in price and labour costs £34 + energy £15 = £49 total cost So, with 8 hours/day average daily use, the money saved by using a CFL
instead of a CIL over 5 years is £90 - £49 = £41.
This is a money saving of £41/£90 = about 45% money saving.
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