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With each light bulb swapped, the Copper Country is becoming more energy efficient.
The Houghton Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is helping to make that happen with the first of two Great LED Light Bulb Swaps held Saturday in Calumet.
The first 100 households were able to swap out one incandescent bulb for a new more energy efficient LED one.
HEET Energy Manager Melissa Davis said visitors could then buy another half a dozen more LED bulbs for a good price.
Incandescent bulbs use more energy and lose a lot of that energy through heat.
Even changing just one bulb in your house can help, and the more you change, the more you save.
Roughly 600 new LED bulbs were introduced into the community through the event.
The second swap will be held April 23 at the Lakeshore Center in Houghton.
