LED Lighting: Replacing Traditional Lighting Schemes
On this blog, we’ve talked repeatedly about the benefits of outdoor LED lighting projects and the efficiencies associated with LED lighting. At the risk of reiterating, here are 4 exciting advantages LEDs have over traditional lighting schemes:
- They’re more efficient at converting energy into usable light (as measured by lumens per watt);
- They waste less heat;
- Many people say they give off a warmer, “healthier” light;
- They last for long time, reducing maintenance and replacement costs.
Given all of these benefits, LED industry leaders believe that we may be on a threshold of a full blown LED revolution.
As more and more municipalities and consumers adopt LEDs for green outdoor lighting, prices will continue to fall. Meanwhile, the technology keeps improving — better efficiency, more diverse lighting options, etc. If consumers adopted LEDs on a widespread basis, we’d reduce our global electricity bill by around $200 billion, according to conservative estimates.
Business leaders, municipal decision makers, and industry authorities know that we need new solutions for energy and electricity generation. Investing in an LED paradigm will require inertia and mandate a change in allocation of resources. But businesses and cities that do make the switch should see substantial savings and a return on investment, particularly on long-term projects. The outdoor and indoor lighting industries are catching onto the trend. Already, LED tech accounts for nearly a third of all revenues from the biggest players in the industry.
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