Did you know that lighting efficiency improvements have been the most effective strategy to reduce residential energy use? Most of that improvement was from the “LED Revolution” over the past 10 years.
Beyond dramatically reducing energy use, today’s LED technology will last a lot longer than past technologies, it’s affordable, and provides excellent light! LED products come in a wide variety of styles, shapes, and sizes for all applications, including both indoor and outdoor lighting, and are often compatible with dimmers, motion detectors, and daylight sensors. It’s time to replace all your incandescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs with LEDs!
Lighting decisions involve making choices about style, coverage, brightness, and efficiency. Choosing the lowest possible wattage and operating lights for the fewest possible hours will result in maximum energy conservation and therefore lowest carbon footprint.
Turning lights down and off is always a very "powerful" choice.
Not all Energy Star LED lighting products are the same. Choose the highest efficiency (lumens per watt), and the lowest wattage. Residential Energy Star LED fixtures can vary in efficiency by 50-80%. These figures aren't always obvious, so be a careful shopper.
Quality LED fixtures are more efficient than using replaceable light bulbs and can lead to dramatically low energy consumption. A residential ceiling-mounted fixture that uses 120 watts of incandescent or 26 watts of compact fluorescent (CFL) can be replaced with a 12 watt LED fixture.
Recessed cans provide a great opportunity for energy savings. Retrofits can bring the LEDs near the surface, reducing light lost in the fixture. A recessed light that used 65W of incandescent or 15 watts of compact fluorescent lights (CFL) can today be replaced with 10W of LED.Dimmable LED fixtures can lead to especially low energy consumption.
Dimmable LED fixtures can lead to especially low energy consumption.
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