BENEFITS OF LED LIGHTS- COMPARISON LED Vs CONVENTIONAL LIGHTS

COMPARISON	INCANDESCENT	CFL COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT	LED
LIFE SPAN	1,200 Hours	8,000 Hours	50,000 Hours
WATTAGE	60 WATT	15 WATTS	8 WATTS
CONTAINS MERCURY	NO	YES	NO
CO2  EMISSIONS	4500 lbs/Year	1051 lbs/Year	451 lbs/Year
DURABILITY	BREAKS EASILY	BREAKS EASILY	LONG LIFE
HEAT	85 btu’s/hour	30 btu’s/hour	3.4 btu’s/hour

TOP TEN BENEFITS OF USING GOOD QUALITY LED LIGHTS

LONG LIFE

LED bulbs and diodes have an outstanding operational life time expectation of sometimes up to 100.000 hours.

LED lifespan scenarios:

-         50,000 hours powered 4 hours/day  = 34 year lifespan

-         50,000 hours powered 8 hours/day  = 17 year lifespan

-         50,000 hours powered 24 hours/day = 6 year lifespan

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Today’s most efficient way of illumination and lighting is LED Technology.  with an estimated energy efficiency of 80%   -  90% when compared to traditional lighting and conventional light bulbs. This means that about 80% of the electrical energy is converted to light, while a ca. 20% is lost and converted into other forms of energy such as heat.

If you use traditional lighting and have an electricity bill of e.g SAR. 100, then SAR. 80 of that money has been used to heat the room, not to light it! Using LED illumination with 80% efficiency, the electricity costs would be around SAR. 20 and you’d have saved around SAR. 80.

ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY

LED lights are free of toxic chemicals. Most conventional fluorescent lighting bulbs contain a multitude of materials like e.g mercury that are dangerous for the environment.

DURABLE

LEDs are solid state lighting devices that utilize semiconductor material instead of a filament or neon gas. LEDs are extremely durable and built with sturdy components that are highly rugged and can withstand even the roughest conditions. Since LEDs don't use fragile components such as glass and filaments, LEDs are able to withstand shock, vibration and extreme temperature.

SAFETY: 

Improved safety may be LED's most important benefit

LED lights generate virtually no heat therefore they are cool to the touch and can be left on for hours without incident or consequence if touched. LED's produce 3.4 btu's/hour, compared to 85 for incandescent bulbs. In comparison, incandescent lighting expels 90% of the energy it consumes via heat, making the bulbs hot to the touch. LEDs reduce the potential for safety risks such as burns and fires.

COLOR

LED lights are offered in a variety of base colors such as Red, Green, Blue and Amber. Because traditional incandescent light bulbs use filters to produce colors, they are extremely inefficient. LEDS can be blended together to produce millions of color options.

ZERO UV EMISSION

LED illumination produces little infrared light and close to no UV emissions.

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY

LEDs can be combined in any shape to produce highly efficient illumination. Individual LEDs can be dimmed, resulting in a dynamic control of light, color and distribution. Well-designed LED illumination systems can achieve fantastic lighting effects, not only for the eye but also for the mood and the mind:

WITHSTAND EXTREMELY HOT OR COLD TEMPERATURE

LED are ideal for operation under cold and low outdoor temperature settings. For fluorescent lamps, low temperatures may affect operation and present a challenge, but LED illumination operates well also in cold settings, such as for outdoor winter settings, freezer rooms etc.

INSTANT LIGHTING FREQUENT SWITCHING

LED lights brighten up immediately and when powered on, which has great advantages for infrastructure projects such as e.g traffic and signal lights. LED lights can switched off and on frequently and without affecting the LED’s lifetime or light emission