Everyone should have the responsibility of taking care of the environment. Maximum of the people are already aware of environmentally friendly processes such as recycling in order to minimise the amount of waste produced. However, a lot of people are unaware of new and upcoming technologies which can help to reduce the emission of carbon. In case of lighting there are various lighting alternatives. Among them LED lights are considered to be some of the best alternatives that you can choose. This are not only cost effective but also do not waste too much energy to serve your needs. In fact there are number of benefits as you select these lights for your use and they include the following.
1. Illuminations are more effective
It has been found that LED lights are up to 80% more efficient than traditional lighting such as fluorescent and incandescent lights. LEDs are likely to convert 95% of the energy in into light and only 5% is wasted as heat whereas the fluorescent or incandescent lights converts 95% of energy to heat and only 5% is illuminated into light! LED lights also draw much less power than traditional lighting. For example: In order to get the same amount of light you can use 36 watt LED light rather than a typical 84 watt fluorescent light. If you consume less energy then the power demand from power plants can be reduced and thus will help to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions.
2. Long Lifetime
LED bulbs tend to have an outstanding operational lifetime expectation of up to 11 years of continuous operation or 22 years at 50% operation. If you lit a LED for 8 hours per day then it would take around 20 years to replace the LED bulb. It has been found that lighting diodes is likely to give lower output levels over a very long period of time and become less bright whereas LEDs maintain their original brightness throughout a long time period.
3. Eco-friendly
LED lights are considered to be eco friendly as it contains non toxic materials and are 100% recyclable. This will help you to reduce your carbon footprint. One LED light bulb can help to save material and production of 25 incandescent light bulbs.
4. Durability
As LED lights are not made of glass and tend to be hollow inside so they are less fragile as compared with both fluorescent and incandescent bulbs. The material used in the LED helps to make them much more durable. As LED lights are resistant to shock, vibrations and external impacts so it can be used for outdoor lighting systems for exposure to weather, wind, rain or even external vandalism, traffic related public exposure and construction or manufacturing sites. Even for freezer rooms and iceboxes, these LED prove to be the perfect bulbs.
5. No Heat
LEDs are easy to the touch even after they are on for hours so they carry less risk of causing an accidental fire or burn as compared to the incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. Even the cost takes to cool the air than the other bulbs heat up.
6. Light Disbursement
LED lights are designed in such a way that it can focus its light and can be directed to a specific location without using any external reflector or achieving higher application efficiency than conventional lighting. LED which are well-designed with illumination systems are able to deliver light more efficiently to the desired location.
7. Low-Voltage
The LED light is able to supply sufficient power even in the low-voltage. Thus, making easy to use such lighting in outdoor by connecting it with an external solar-energy source and can be considered to be a big advantage for using in remote or rural areas.
8. Instant Lighting
LED light are likely to provide instant light. They brighten up the area when powered on and it has been of great advantages for infrastructure projects such as traffic and signal lights. LED light is likely to work when an electrical current is passed through them without flickering whereas the fluorescent lights do not provide optimum light until it has been running for a few minutes and is likely to flicker when switched on.
9. Dimmability
LED lights can be dimmed, resulting in a dynamic control of light, colour, flexibility and distribution. It has been found that well-designed LED illumination systems are able to achieve fantastic lighting effects not only for the eye but also for the mood. In airplanes, classrooms and many more locations the mood LED illumination lights are already being used. Within the next few years we can even expect to see a lot more LED mood illumination lights in homes, offices, hotels, restaurants, etc.
10. Long-Term Cost
The LED lights can be seen to be expensive as compared with the fluorescent and compact fluorescent light but as the year’s passes by it is far less expensive and can prove to be a huge long-term savings. Researchers say that incandescent lights last for 800 to 1500 hours and fluorescent lights last up to 10,000 hours but the LED lights can last up to 60,000 hours. As a result it can provide substantial savings as compared with other lights.
Now LED lights are available in different styles and designs as well as sizes and thus making it possible for us to choose the lamps that are most suited both for indoor and outdoor needs.