LED lighting is truly the next generation technology that presents numerous benefits not only for consumers of LED home lighting, but also for businesses, with recessed LED lighting products and LED tubes that can replace outdated and buzzing fluorescent lighting. . LED lighting offers benefits such as greater energy efficiency than CFLs and fluorescent lamps, lower power consumption, lower maintenance costs, longer service life (50,000 hours compared to less than 10,000), durability, and brighter light output. than conventional fluorescent lighting. LED lighting is slowly filling the home lighting and commercial lighting market with such innovative products as T5 and LED T8 LED tubes, flexible LED lighting and LED downlighting.
Fluorescent lighting contains toxic materials such as mercury that are harmful to the environment and the human body. Did you know that if you drop or break a fluorescent bulb you must leave the room for 4 hours, due to the toxic materials that float in the air, which could cause respiratory damage, or long-term asthma for workers who have to deal with these accessories daily. For workers and staff who replace fluorescent tubes on the job, such as electricians, they are the most impressed by LED tubes, as not only are they easier to install, they do not require ballast, but they have no worries as they can last more than 10 years. lit 24 hours a day and do not contain toxic materials such as mercury powder contained in fluorescent lamps. For quick installation, the LED tube lighting can be placed and installed directly into existing fluorescent T5 and T8 size sockets, you just need to remove the ballast, plug in the LED bulbs, and voila! Contrary to popular belief, LEDs are very easy to install today, and most LED products are now “plug-and-play” while offering a stylish appearance with unmatched energy savings. .
Although fluorescent lighting is more energy efficient than incandescent lighting, it is still an energy-wasting monster compared to LED lighting. For businesses that have a large electricity bill, switching to LEDs could cut your energy bill in half while keeping all the brightness and flicker-free of fluorescents. Even with the most advanced state-of-the-art compact fluorescent lamps, fluorescent lighting accounts for a high percentage of existing lighting worldwide, the switch from fluorescent lighting to LED lighting can greatly reduce global lighting energy consumption and lighting conditions. Emissions of greenhouse gases. Now let’s do a detailed analysis to compare LED and fluorescent lighting, and there is no doubt that LED will beat fluorescent lighting.
First of all, LED lighting is more energy efficient than fluorescent lighting due to the high efficiency of LEDs. LEDs for indoor lighting have already broken the efficiency record of 100 lumens per watt, while fluorescent lighting only has an efficacy of around 60 lumens per watt. The LED has a power factor of 0.9, which means that most of the energy is converted to light, but when fluorescent lighting works, a large amount of energy is converted to heat that will eventually be dispersed. LED lighting consumes only 30% energy as fluorescent lighting to deliver the same lumen output.
Second, flexible LED lighting has a much longer lifespan than fluorescent lighting, as LED lighting is solid-state lighting that is more stable and reliable. LEDs can last more than 50,000 hours, which is 17 years with normal use. Whereas fluorescent lighting only has a lifespan of around 5,000 hours, which means you need to replace them just as often. Using LED lighting can greatly save you the expense of buying new bulbs and paying for labor.
Also, the light quality of LED downlight is much better than that of fluorescent lighting. Fluorescent lighting always flickers when turned on, while LED lighting comes on quickly without blinking. We all know and have seen or lived with flickering fluorescent tubes on a daily basis. In fact, they have been shown to cause headaches, due to the wavelength of the micro pulses they emit. Using LEDs can reduce workplace stress, headaches, and increase efficiency, with workers performing at their best – minus the migraines from CFLs!
When it is on for hours a day, for a long period of time, fluorescent lighting can have some hot spots due to the heat it generates, which is not the case with LED lighting. These hot spots make the rest of the light dimmer and quickly result in a dead CFL tube, a perfect reason to switch to T8 LED tubes or T5 tubes, depending on the size of the plug. Fluorescent lighting / CFL pigtails can cause eyestrain, but LED lighting does not do so as a result of its unmatched, even balanced light output, and it does not flicker or hum as low-pitched as previous fluorescent technology. Today, flexible LED lighting, home LEDs, and LED downlights / tubes are greener than ever, outperforming fluorescent lighting by more than 500%. And of course, fluorescent lighting contains toxic materials like mercury that can cause air pollution if broken and, when discarded, can cause permanent lung and throat / skin damage if contact is frequent or daily.
In contrast, LED lighting is solid state lighting that does not contain filaments that can break (such as incandescent) or hazardous materials such as CFLs. Someone can say that the initial costs of LED lighting are too high, due to the technology used to achieve such a high rating of lumens per watt (efficiency), it is true. However, think about the long-term energy savings and the savings you will get from not having to replace the lights, up to 5 or 10 times more, depending on whether the replaced light was incandescent or fluorescent. Either way, the more halogen, incandescent, or high-energy fluorescent lights you replace, the more money you’ll save each month. Some cities and states even have a government / tax rebate program that pays or reimburses you for energy efficient LED bulbs. Check with your local city, half of the bill could be on them due to recent energy grants and programs established by President Obama in early 2010. Over the full life of the LED fixture / tube or bulb, the money Saved by using LED lighting will it be huge? Why that? When taking into account the actual price of lighting, you need to include all 3 variables: upfront costs, maintenance costs, and a main maintenance pipeline to routinely replace your lights … that is, of course, if you’re not using! LED!
In my opinion, LED lighting will replace fluorescent lighting as it meets the requirements of sustainable development, incandescent lighting, due to energy saving and durability, and halogen lighting due to heat, safety factor and therefore of course, energy use. Replace money hungry lights at home, office, hotel, casino, college, dorm, or even your RV to save battery power! Go green and really go green with LED lighting, and don’t forget to PROPERLY dispose of CFL lights in a sealed trash bag (or two, or your health garbage can).