LEDs: Embrace the Glow

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LEDs are everywhere; in flashlights, on street lamps, in certain TVs, tail lights, everywhere where you need cheap but efficient lighting. From solar-powered to gas-powered LED arrays, the light-emitting diode is an incredibly small, but capable device that has enjoyed a long span of popularity. Now, it seems that LEDs have taken center stage and are poised to challenge fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs. Unpopular for their emissions and lack of savings on power, governments across the world are starting to ban or deprioritize the incandescent light bulb. This vacuum would leave a power struggle (Pun FULLY intended) between fluorescent bulbs or LED-based bulbs to replace them in the need for new lighting schemes.

Here’s a couple of sobering statistics from PhysOrg about LED usage:

• Lighting consumes 22 percent of electricity produced in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy, and widespread use of LED lighting could cut consumption in half. By 2027, LED lighting could cut annual energy use by the equivalent of 500 million barrels of oil
• The energy efficiency is no doubt a draw for commercial clients like hotels, but LEDs have another big advantage: they last up to 50,000 hours, according to manufacturers. That compares to about 10,000 hours for fluorescents and 1,000 hours for incandescents.

By being both efficient and long-lasting, clearly the benefits to full-scale LED lighting are there, we just need to tap into it. Undoubtedly, as legislation like this rolls around, LEDs will enjoy a much broader market-share, and will be used in many more applicationsl; so get a head start on everyone else and go get a bunch of LED-based technology, if only for the shiny lights.

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