Should you always turn the lights out when leaving a room?

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By Ask Umbra®Sep 1, 2016, 3:08 am160 pts
Q. Dear Umbra, We have fluorescent lights in our garage that we turn on to put our boots on for our morning walk. I was always taught to turn lights off when I leave a room, but my husband says that it takes more energy to turn on the lights again when we get back than leaving them on for an hour while we’re…

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