eco-officiency blog » holiday lights http://eco-officiency.com/wordpress Bringing you Thoughts and Resources on Green Issues and Topics Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Get Festive with LED Holiday Lights http://eco-officiency.com/wordpress/2009/12/get-festive-with-led-holiday-lights/ http://eco-officiency.com/wordpress/2009/12/get-festive-with-led-holiday-lights/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:08:05 +0000 eco-officiency http://eco-officiency.com/wordpress/?p=127 As the holiday season approaches you may want to add some decorations around the office, as well as at home. One easy way to spread the holiday cheer while saving energy, and some company money, is to switch to LED (light emitting diode) holiday lights. LED lights are an alternative to conventional incandescent holiday lights and are gaining popularity and availability. Though still more expensive than conventional lights, LEDs offer a number of benefits that not only outweigh the cost, but actually may make them cheaper in the long run. Some stores are offering a take back program, where they will take your old holiday lights, recycle them, and give you a discount on new LED lights.

Benefits of LED lights:

  • 90% more energy efficient – saving you money on the utility bill
  • When one bulb goes out, the others stay lit
  • Unlike incandescent bulbs, LEDs are cool to the touch
  • LEDs are more durable and less likely to break
  • Pricewise, LEDs cost about five times as much as incandescents upfront. But their life span is 50,000 hours, instead of 1,000-2,000 hours for incandescents. That means if you lit the LEDs for 45 days each year, 24 hours a day, it would take 46 years for them to dim.

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