Thanks for the feedback, Wendell.
Thanks for all the great comments. Yes, there may be an additional cost to disposal of the CFL, but when you compare that to the energy savings and the carbon from that energy and less bulbs to dispose of, CFLs still come out ahead. And with LEDs entering the market, it is only going to get better. Right now LEDs are too expensive and the technology is still developing, but they never really "burn out," they just dim over time. There will be disposal concerns there too, but again the savings will be tremendous.
Thanks for the great information! What you say is true. I know here in rainy Oregon, capturing rainwater to be used for landscaping is really catching on (though it doesn't help much during the summer, when it really doesn't rain all the time!). You are correct that irrigation uses more water than toilets. What is the first thing to be rationed during a drought? Washing cars and watering the lawn.
I don't believe so, Zaedrus. The UL has come up with its own standards (which were not defined on the web site, at least that I could find). They simply use some of the same names for their certification levels as LEED.
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