LED light bulbs: why you should introduce them into your home this year.

For many of us, a new year begins with a new mindset of resolutions and goals for the coming months. This makes it the perfect time to think about sustainable resolutions for your home; and LED is the best place to start.

Although the concept of LED lighting (light-emitting diodes) has been around since Nick Holonyak Jr’s first invention in 1962, it is one of the fastest developing lighting technologies to date. Over recent decades, researchers have developed innovative ways to improve the efficiency of LEDs in comparison to incandescent bulbs; paving the way for LED technology as a more widely used lighting option.

There are a number of reasons why every home should convert to LED light bulbs including efficiency, sustainability, cost and longevity.

Halogen light bulbs consume high levels of electrical energy and lose a remarkable 95% of this energy as heat; meaning that just 5% of electrical energy converts to light. An LED light bulb is far more efficient because it uses a semiconductor to convert electricity into light; emitting more light energy than it consumes in electrical energy. This is why LEDs have an estimated energy efficiency of 80-90% compared to halogens. A 60W light bulb can be replaced with a 6-8W LED version; substantially reducing electrical energy and still producing an equivalent light output. Here’s a useful comparison chart with more details, think lumens not watts. The lumens column measures the light coming out rather than the electricity going in.

Sustainability is an increasingly integral part of how we live our lives; but many people don’t yet realise the difference we can make on our carbon footprint by making simple changes within our own homes. Converting to LED light bulbs will greatly contribute to reducing your home’s impact on the environment by lowering our energy usage, the overall demand from power plants and – ultimately – the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The overall benefits of buying LED light bulbs is clear. Although they may cost slightly more to purchase, the decrease in your electricity usage will save you money and the longevity of LED light bulbs mean that they last up to twenty-five times longer than other bulbs. With technology advancing, LED light bulbs now come in all shapes and designs, allowing creativity to flow. Click here to view our full range of LED light bulbs, including vintage filament LEDs suited to a range of installations meaning that all styles of home can now benefit from LED.

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