Let there be Green Light! - Eco Friendly LED Bulbs

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Matt Embrey in Home+Decor

Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs are a much Greener alternative to conventional incandescent bulbs lasting up to 10x longer, and using roughly 1/6 of the power. This disadvantage to these is they contain a small amount of mercury and should not be disposed of in the trash.

LED Light Bulbs are a mercury Free alternative that use even less energy and last 6x as long as than their CFL counterparts.

Advantages of LED:

Environmentally friendly - No mercury, lead or toxic chemicals
Long Life, up to 50,000 hours
Low energy consumption - 5 watts to get the brightness of a 40 watt bulb
Durable - impact resistant, shock proof
Low heat emission

Disadvantages of LED:

Initial Cost is high
Shine light in a beam instead of 360 degrees (although diffusion bulbs are available that claim to overcome this.)

Tags:

CFL, Green Lighting, LED Light Bulbs

One Response to “ Let there be Green Light! - Eco Friendly LED Bulbs ”

jim Burns

28. Oct, 2009

I would like to upgrade my school’s gym lighting with fluorescent bulbs. Is it possible to simply replace the old light bulbs with your Compact Fluorescent bulbs? This sounds to good to be true. Would your light bulb give us the same or better amount of lighting? Thanks,
Br. Jim Burns

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