Going green by using LEDs

An integral part of green building is energy efficiency in your home.  When thinking about building a green home you need to decide what kind of lighting will be installed.

Usual incandescent lamps have become outdated.  Due to the trends of the last decade, a lot of people began to use compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs,) which are more efficient than incandescent bulbs. 

Today, there is an additional alternative technology that really works, light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs.  The difference between LEDs and other forms of lighting is mostly made by a Solid State Lighting (SSL) it uses diodes as a source of illumination instead of gas or electrical filaments.  Because of this fact they stay cold, live longer and break less easily.  LED lighting can also be easily focused on a specific target.

LEDs produce more light per watt – nearly 48-70 lumen's per watt, while CFLs provide nearly 60, and incandescent – just 13!  Their life time is from 40,000 to 50,000 hours, for CFLs it’s – 10,000 hours, and incandescents only 750 hours!

The reduction of energy use leads to a lower cost of energy bills.  LED bulbs cost a bit more than CFLs but even considering the prices they will undoubtedly save not just energy, but your money too.

Another advantage of LEDs is their safety.  These bulbs do not contain mercury as CFLs bulbs.  So there are no risks of toxic exposure and no problems with their utilization.  LED lights do not emit significant UV or IR radiation.

You can make an impact on global environmental protection by using LED bulbs.  If 25 percent of the light bulbs in the US were converted to LED bulbs it could save $115 billion in utility costs by 2025, alleviating the need to build 133 new coal-burning power stations and cutting carbon emissions by 258 million metric tons.  This means that if every household or business in the U.S. replaced just one or two standard incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs, the electricity saved would be more than the output of the country’s largest nuclear power plant.

So think about these statements and go green using a light-emitting diode lighting!