When was the last time you reviewed your lighting array? Chances are good you probably never really notice it, unless something burns out, or it doesn’t turn on. However, if you aren’t using LED lighting, you’re missing out on numerous benefits that your current system doesn’t offer.
For example…
1. Lifespan
How often do you replace your lights? Well, according to SF Gate, if you’re using old-fashioned incandescent bulbs, it’s once every 750 to 2,000 hours. And if you’re using fluorescent lights, it will be every 8,000 to 10,000 hours. However, if you use LED lights, you can expect a lifespan of between 35,000 and 50,000 hours.
That’s not a small difference.
2. Efficiency
Paying your energy bill is something no one wants to do, but we write it off as the cost of doing business. However, according to Current, LED lights use half the energy of incandescent, fluorescent, and halogen bulbs. That’s per bulb. That may not make a huge difference if you’re talking about your desk lamp, but if you extend that savings to all the lights in an array or a building, that can be a significant cost and efficiency change.
3. Eco-Friendly
As LED Luxor points out, fluorescent bulbs contain toxic materials that are bad for the environment (things like mercury, for example). LED bulbs, by contrast, contain no toxic materials and are 100 percent recyclable. So when their lifespan is eventually over, they can simply be remade into new lights instead of being tossed into a landfill.
4. Heat
Have you ever noticed that when you stand under lights, you tend to feel a lot of heat? That’s because incandescent bulbs release as much as 90 percent of their energy as heat, and CFLs can release as much as 80 percent of theirs in a similar manner. LED lights create very little heat, though, which is why the Department of Energy recommends them.
5. Minimal Emissions
In addition to putting out minimal heat, LED lights also release very few UV rays. This can be particularly important if you have goods in storage that react negatively to ultraviolet light, as LEDs allow you to see what you have without damaging it.
For more information on the benefits of LED lighting and why you should consider switching, please contact us today!
