Published on January 3rd, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan

Top LED & CFL Cities In US (Map)

January 3rd, 2014 by Zachary Shahan

This is pretty cool. A representative of The Home Depot recently sent along this map. As she wrote in the email to me: “The Home Depot combined its U.S. store sales numbers with 2010 Census data for a per capita look at which areas of the country are the top adopters of LED and compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs – offering a behind-the-scenes look at energy-efficient bulb adoption.” (Note: if you can’t read the note in the bottom-left corner, it notes that the markets included in the study had a minimum population of 100,000.)

Pretty interesting, eh?

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Zachary Shahan is tryin' to help society help itself (and other species) one letter at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director and chief editor. Otherwise, he's probably enthusiastically fulfilling his duties as the director/editor of EV Obsession, Gas2, Solar Love, Planetsave, or Bikocity; or as president of Important Media. Zach is recognized globally as a solar energy, electric car, energy storage, and wind energy expert. If you would like him to speak at a related conference or event, connect with him via social media: ZacharyShahan.com. Zach has long-term investments in TSLA, SCTY, FSLR, SPWR, SEDG, & ABB. After years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in these companies and feels like they are good companies to invest in.

Sparky

“The Home Depot combined its U.S. store sales numbers with 2010 Census data for a per capita look … ” This does NOT include other Retail / wholesale outlet’s sales (ie Lowes, utility direct sales, Super markets, walmart and big boxes in general, ? …)
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/03/top-led-cfl-cities-us-map/#rUhyheuSmr3wmtTm.99
Larry

The story does not include data from sales at Lowes and Menards. In MN, Menards out sells Home depot (probably by as much as 2 to 1).
Steeple

Zach, did she share any other learnings that they have had in introducing LEDs?
- Zachary Shahan
  
  no, i could follow up and ask about that.
Altair IV

The split down the middle of the map is rather striking. It shows just about all of the major population centers in the east and on the west coast, but absolutely nothing in the plains and mountains. Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque… what is is about this region that seems to makes them less likely to adopt efficient bulbs?
- Bob_Wallace
  
  That’s conservative, right-wing country you’re looking at.
  
  Their media frequently demonizes efficiency.
  - Steeple
    
    People of all stripes like saving money. Notice Houston makes the map but not Minneapolis, so the political theory doesn’t apply there. The cities in the center of the country just aren’t as big as the major coastal metropolis hubs.
  - James Van Damme
    
    The #1 thing us conservatives like to save is our own money.
    - Bob_Wallace
      
      That’s conservative, type 1.
      
      There are multiple versions.
  - Altair IV
    
    I considered that, but I don’t think it explains the *complete* lack of representation there. Other equally conservative areas are all lit up, and the the cities are generally more blue than the rural areas anyway. You’d think there’d be at least a couple of spots in that region.
    - Bob_Wallace
      
      Might be interesting to compare LED/CFL usage and cost of electricity. NE and Pacific Coast have expensive electricity.
      
      http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_5_6_a
      - Jim
        
        The difference in cost of electricity is a very good point. Another consideration is the availability of rebates from utilities. I’m don’t know all the details but bet that rebates are much more common at the coasts.
- Zachary Shahan
  
  yeah, i almost commented on that. not many big cities there. though, i’m surprised one of CO’s large cities didn’t make the cut. curious as well.