Find out the 3 main reasons you should be using LED lighting for your home, office, or building.
Navigating the ins and outs of specialist lighting and new lighting technology for your residential, commercial or industrial project can be difficult. You’re looking for a product that sets the right tone for the space you’re working with, and which you can purchase and install on time and on-budget.
At the same time, you want to manage the ongoing costs of using different lighting products, as choosing wrong could mean higher expenditure into the future.
Benefits of LED lighting
Understand these 3 benefits of LED lighting and save yourself time, money, and get greater quality than other lighting types.
1. Greater energy efficiency
The light-emitting diode or LED is considered one of the most energy efficient lights in the world, and is a key benefit of LED lighting. This is because it produces light in a different way to other lighting types.
Incandescent lights, for example, rely on heat to give off light as they pass electricity through a filament. This means about 90% of the electricity consumed by an incandescent bulb is wasted on heat energy. LEDs, in turn, use electroluminescence and a property of semiconductors to produce light. This occurs in the popular LED recessed fixtures.
Without the need for heat energy to produce light, LEDs therefore consume significantly less electricity. This results in a better quality product that also offers greater safety measures in the home or office, as the bulbs are not as hot, fragile, or filled with toxic gasses.
2. Longer-lasting life span
LEDs are notable for being extremely long-lasting products. Many LEDs have a rated life of up to 50,000 hours. This is approximately 50 times longer than a typical incandescent, 20-25 times longer than a typical halogen, and 8-10 times longer than a typical CFL. Used 12 hours a day, a 50,000 bulb will last more than 11 years. Used 8 hours a day, it will last 17 years!
LEDs have the renowned reputation of being one of the longest-lasting lighting types in the industry. While many typical incandescent bulbs have a rated life of about 1,000 hours, the LED can last up to 50 times longer at 50,000 hours. They are considered to last up to 25 times longer than halogen products, and up to 10 times longer than compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).
Considering a typical working day in the office, LEDs that are used for 8 hours per day, 5 days a week could last around 1,250 working weeks.
3. Control through your phone
‘Smart’ lighting is way of controlling the lighting in your home, work or other space through technology – such as through an application.
By using smart lighting, you can programme the lighting in your space to:
- switch on and off without leaving your seat
- alter in brightness or colour
- change its condition depending on the time of day
- connect into a network of other devices in your smart home or smart office system.
With smart LED lighting, you are gaining the greatest control over your lighting costs, lifespan, and operating conditions.
Take advantage of the benefits of LED lighting needs
We’re here to support your smart LED lighting needs in your residential, commercial or industrial project from start to finish. These key benefits of LED lighting make this lighting type the most desired and advantageous for commercial, residential and industrial projects.
With over 25 years’ experience in this industry – and a mission to push the boundaries of lighting technology – we are ready and eager to find the right product that sets the perfect tone in any environment.
Contact us today to find the perfect lighting fixture for your unique space.