| If your dreamscape is being haunted by daily visions | | | | initial one-time cost of LED lighting doesn't burn a hole |
| of mounting electricity bills, it is high time you either | | | | in your wallet. |
| rob a bank to pay the huge energy costs or simply | | | | As a general rule of the thumb, choose warmer LED |
| choose to change your light bulbs! | | | | lighting systems for indoors and whiter lights for |
| Replacing ordinary lighting with energy efficient | | | | outdoors. A color temperature of 2500-4000 Kelvin is |
| retrofits technology is the most straight-forward task | | | | perfect for the interiors while bulbs with color |
| anyone can do to reduce their energy bills. | | | | temperatures of 5000-7000 Kelvin render high |
| Retrofitting buildings is not a new technology | | | | visibility outside your home. Switch to LEDs for |
| anymore and its recent foray into the home lighting | | | | rooms that are over-heated by a dozen ordinary |
| arena has made the concept more efficient and | | | | flood lights. LEDs give off very less heat and thereby |
| affordable to homeowners from all cross-sections of | | | | help you in cutting down the costs of your |
| the society. | | | | air-conditioning, |
| When it comes to saving energy with home lighting, | | | | A guaranteed reduction in energy bills is the first and |
| LEDs are definitely, the best option. These | | | | foremost benefit of retrofitting a home with energy |
| high-powered light-emitting diodes produce more light | | | | efficient lighting. A/C loads are reduced by 1 kilowatt |
| per watt for up to 100,000 hours under normal use | | | | for every 3 kilowatts of lighting energy saved |
| and last longer than traditional bulbs too. Did we | | | | ($150-200 per ton of A/C saved with LED cool |
| mention that LEDs use just 5.8 watts of power, | | | | technology). This is especially true if the lighting |
| compared to the 60 watts used up for an equally | | | | retrofit program is being done by reputable and |
| bright incandescent bulb? Well, LEDs also consume | | | | licensed companies in the energy smart industry who |
| less than 9 percent of the energy consumed by | | | | offer a wide range of innovative home lighting |
| common bulbs and less than 30 percent of that | | | | solutions at guaranteed energy cost savings and |
| consumed by fluorescent lights. | | | | unbelievable positive cash flows. These companies |
| Once considered useful only for flashlights, traffic | | | | specialize in retrofits technology and encourage home |
| lights, laptop computers and giant video billboards, | | | | owners to upgrade their existing facilities with |
| LEDs are now revered as the reigning royalty in | | | | state-of-the-art energy-efficient lighting with no |
| home lighting retrofits technology. Providing homes | | | | money paid up-front. |
| with energy efficient lighting is the least expensive | | | | With the huge energy savings that is now possible |
| way to cut energy costs to phenomenal levels. | | | | through LEDs, homes, offices and other complexes |
| It takes less than 60 minutes to convert all existing | | | | are doing everything they can to strengthen the |
| fluorescent fixtures in a home into low-maintenance, | | | | trend towards retrofits technology. We can rest |
| high-efficiency LED lighting. Though it is not | | | | assured that every step we take towards |
| mandatory to replace all incandescent bulbs at a | | | | resuscitating our planet back to life, effectively cuts |
| single go, there is no harm in doing so provided the | | | | down on our energy expenditure as well. |