Let’sq talk LED energy light cost. For Yesterday I got an email from Visible LED Lighting who asked me to restate my love for LED energy light cost in a story for everyone.  Well, besides the fact that there are LED bulbs in my house from MSi Lighting. So here is my newest diatribe on my love for LED lighting, I mean it’s better for light, saves energy and also cash on my electric bill.

Excerpt on Green Lighting

As I wrote up an excerpt on green lighting I realized numbers say more than I can regarding retrofits, jobs and energy prices:

This $62,180 retrofit is expected to reduce electricity demand by 92,011 kilowatts, saving $10,441 per year for “The Biggest Little City in the World.” The upgrade is part of a citywide energy and water efficiency plan. One that is projected to save $1 million a year and create 222 jobs. At the lighting ceremony, the old incandescents were passed around the crowd. That’s as souvenirs of the past.

LAX went Green Lighting LED

In California, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) officials switched to LEDs for functional and outdoor lighting, reducing annual lighting costs by $55,000 and lifetime maintenance costs by $980,000. In Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Sentry Equipment Corporation chose to light its newfactory almost entirelywith LEDs, both interior and exterior. The initial cost was three times more than incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. However, this price premium is expected to be repaid within two years from electricity savings. The bulbs are also expected to last for 20 years.

West Coast Customs

West Coast Customs (WCC) recently joined the LED revolution. That’s by installing Axis premium LED lighting throughout their paint and body shops. In addition to the offices and retail area. The result was also dramatically improved paint and detail work. That’s reduced eyestrain and a cooler work environment. WCC was so impressed with Axis LED Lighting that they partnered with Axis to offer LED lighting to auto-body and paint shops, mechanics and car dealerships.

“Here at West Coast Customs we pride ourselves on always using the best quality products,” said Ryan Friedlinghaus, CEO and founder of West Coast Customs. “Our clients demand the best and we are always looking for products to help us perform better. I was in love with the Axis LED Lighting at first test.”

LED lighting green advantages

LEDs offer many advantages over the tungsten halogen lamps traditionally found lighting important artifacts – chief among them are cost savings in energy and maintenance. LED lights consume far less energy and produce almost no heat meaning reduced cost for both electricity and cooling. Exhibit spaces will also realize savings in the costs of lamp replacement and the manpower that requires. In the situation found at the Liberty Bell Center the typical tungsten halogen light burning day and night will typically need replacement every two months. The equivalent LED light burning 24 hours a day will last up to 7 years. 

LED lighting green most advanced

LEDs are themost advanced lighting technology we have now, and people are excited about it,”Avani Pavasia explained in the New Generation Lighting shop on the Bowery in New York City (in the lighting district). Pavasia is a young lighting and interior designer who hopes to work on green projects. “LEDs are especially being used now for commercial work, because that sector is more aware.  Typical consumers aren’t that educated about them yet,” she added.  Pavasia pointed to a massive chandelier on the ceiling of the store. An array of blue LEDs shimmered through the etched glass.  “That can change to many colors, since there is a separate controller,” Pavasia explained.

LED Technology Now

So LEDs are future technology, here now. A recent study by Pike Research predicts that LEDs will account for nearly half of a $4.4 billion market for lamps in the commercial and industrial sectors by 2020, and residential applications are rapidly expanding. General Electric (GE) is now spending half its lighting research budget on the technology. Yes, LEDs are still more expensive than conventional lighting, but their cost is falling rapidly, their quality is improving by leaps and bounds, and they can save you serious energy right now.

As we know, some advantages of LEDs include:

1. LEDs typically use 90 to 95 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs.
2. LEDs are expected to last 10 to 20 years and provide tens of thousands of hours of light (40,000 to 50,000 hours is commonly estimated, although some models are reputed to last 100,000 hours. At 50,000 hours, that’s 50 times longer than an incandescent).
3. LEDs come in many colors, sizes, styles, and fixtures. They can produce different colors more efficiently than other lighting technologies.
4. LEDs don’t produce as much heat as other lighting, so they have reduced fire risk and less heat gain in interior spaces.
5. LEDs are extremely rugged and are well suited to tough environments, such as on vibrating equipment or in extreme conditions.
6. LEDs can be switched on and off very rapidly, faster than other lighting technologies. Many also can be dimmed.
7. LEDs achieve full brightness in microseconds, much faster than fluorescents and about 10 times faster than incandescents.
8. LEDs can be made extremely small, giving them many applications.
9. Finally, LEDs do not contain toxic mercury.

So thank you to Visible LED Lighting