With more than 7.6 billion people in the world, according to World Bank, the Earth’s resources are more strained than ever. With a large portion of the world’s population driving cars, using electronics, and using energy from lights, a vast amount of carbon is constantly being released into the atmosphere.
It’s unlikely that many of us would be able to completely give up cars, electronics, and lights. However, buying LED lights instead of fluorescent lights is a good way to reduce your carbon footprint, doing your part to help protect the environment. Also, since LED lights save energy, they will save your pocketbook as well.
HOW DO LEDS SAVE ENERGY?
According to a research article by Sedigheh Moghavvemil, Noor Ismawati Jaafar, Ainin Sulaiman, and Farzana Parveen Tajudeen, LED bulbs take in 50% less power, and therefore need less watts, than traditional fluorescent lights.
For example, you can replace a 400-watt metal halide lighting fixture with one of our 150-watt or 100-watt UFO High Bay lights.
Chart or infographic that shows example LED lights you can get to replace metal halide lighting fixtures
LED lights save energy while having long lifespans, because they last five or more times longer than fluorescent lights. Our lights last for 50,000 hours, while fluorescent lights usually only last for around 10,000 hours. Also, LED lights produce more light and less heat than other types of lights. LED fixtures do not need an initial spike of energy for heating a filament or enclosed gas before illumination. Therefore, LED lights do not end up wasting large amounts of input energy in the form of unwanted heat, making them an energy-saving alternative to conventional fixtures.
HOW DO LEDS HELP THE ENVIRONMENT?
Diagram showing less greenhouse gases being released
Since LED lights save energy, the environment greatly benefits. LED lights release less greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and they cut down on the amount of electricity that power plants generate for homes and businesses.
Additionally, unlike most conventional lighting fixtures, LED lighting fixtures are free from toxins, such as mercury. LED lights also do not produce harmful ultraviolet (UV) or infrared (IR) rays. All of our lighting fixtures are Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) certified, meaning they don’t contain any hazardous materials.
