Australian homes are becoming more and more power hungry as the energy consumption increased over the past few years. A recent statistics reveals that the energy consumption has increased by 15.5% between 2003 and 2013 where electricity accounts for a quarter of this growth. The electricity price has also risen over the past few years and undoubtedly the household budgets are coming under pressure.
There are many ways to reduce the power cost of which our daily habit comes at first. Taking simple steps like turning off the lights after its purpose is served, controlling the light intensity etc. are the habits that we can adopt in our daily life. Next up is to make small investment in gradually replacing all your old halogen/CFL bulbs with LED, the blessing in the lighting industry.
However, choosing the right lighting products can be puzzling at times, of course if you aren’t experienced in buying such. Apart from their price and energy consumption cost, there are certain things that you should know to take the advantage of LED lights.
1. Reliability
LED lights usually come with good driver which is basically a self-contained power controller that controls the amount of current & voltage supplied to the LED light. Besides it can withstand any power malfunction or voltage fluctuation that may reduce the average life of a LED light.
From residential to commercial setting like in streets, malls, hospitals, restaurants, airports, LED should be used as they don’t need to be changed too often. Replacement of bulbs can be a tedious task in some places like streets; changing the bulbs at such height always incur some extra cost and time and thus LED fits perfect in here.
2. Longer operational hours
The other name for LED is longevity. It operates smoothly 10x more hours than a normal CFL/Halogen bulb and is one of the good reasons it is so widely chosen all over the world.
3. Luminescence control and directional lighting
A good property of LED is dimming. The level of illumination can always be controlled as per convenience. For instance, consider a mall where there is heavy rush of customers at peak hours. The mall authority can easily dim their lights during low rush and thus save power in return.
Besides, LED rays are not multi-dimensional rather they point on a single plane. High bay lights, downlights, display lights, are best use of this property. This is advantageous as it reduces the wasted light minimizing the reflectors and other directions. However, there are LED globes too that spread light spherically which are mostly used in big halls.
4. Power saving feature
LED provides a wide range of illumination with minimum power usage in comparison to other lighting products. LED covers a variety of 0.5 watt to 500 watt, whereas CFL and incandescent bulbs start with 5W and 15W respectively.
Besides, the constituents of LED makes it operational temperature drop significantly and thus it is a much cooler light. This property makes LED a perfect fit to be used in refrigerator or cold storage facilities and in applications where lower temperature needs to be maintained.
5. Recycling capability
An LED light is still valuable when it expires after a long service life. The aluminum and the heat sink that are present inside are of good demand industrially. As a matter of fact, LED lights have better return on investment after it runs out.
There are many ways to reduce the power cost of which our daily habit comes at first. Taking simple steps like turning off the lights after its purpose is served, controlling the light intensity etc. are the habits that we can adopt in our daily life. Next up is to make small investment in gradually replacing all your old halogen/CFL bulbs with LED, the blessing in the lighting industry.
However, choosing the right lighting products can be puzzling at times, of course if you aren’t experienced in buying such. Apart from their price and energy consumption cost, there are certain things that you should know to take the advantage of LED lights.
1. Reliability
LED lights usually come with good driver which is basically a self-contained power controller that controls the amount of current & voltage supplied to the LED light. Besides it can withstand any power malfunction or voltage fluctuation that may reduce the average life of a LED light.
From residential to commercial setting like in streets, malls, hospitals, restaurants, airports, LED should be used as they don’t need to be changed too often. Replacement of bulbs can be a tedious task in some places like streets; changing the bulbs at such height always incur some extra cost and time and thus LED fits perfect in here.
2. Longer operational hours
The other name for LED is longevity. It operates smoothly 10x more hours than a normal CFL/Halogen bulb and is one of the good reasons it is so widely chosen all over the world.
3. Luminescence control and directional lighting
A good property of LED is dimming. The level of illumination can always be controlled as per convenience. For instance, consider a mall where there is heavy rush of customers at peak hours. The mall authority can easily dim their lights during low rush and thus save power in return.
Besides, LED rays are not multi-dimensional rather they point on a single plane. High bay lights, downlights, display lights, are best use of this property. This is advantageous as it reduces the wasted light minimizing the reflectors and other directions. However, there are LED globes too that spread light spherically which are mostly used in big halls.
4. Power saving feature
LED provides a wide range of illumination with minimum power usage in comparison to other lighting products. LED covers a variety of 0.5 watt to 500 watt, whereas CFL and incandescent bulbs start with 5W and 15W respectively.
Besides, the constituents of LED makes it operational temperature drop significantly and thus it is a much cooler light. This property makes LED a perfect fit to be used in refrigerator or cold storage facilities and in applications where lower temperature needs to be maintained.
5. Recycling capability
An LED light is still valuable when it expires after a long service life. The aluminum and the heat sink that are present inside are of good demand industrially. As a matter of fact, LED lights have better return on investment after it runs out.