{"id":194,"date":"2015-06-15T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstateac.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2019-11-14T09:45:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T15:45:15","slug":"led-lighting-lowers-hvac-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstateac.com\/going-green\/led-lighting-lowers-hvac-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"LED Lighting Lowers HVAC Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"
As we enter the summer months, high air-conditioning bills seem just as inevitable as death and taxes.\u00a0 Something most people don’t think about is that incandescent and halogen bulbs act as miniature space heaters, dumping over 90% of the energy they consume into heat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 heating up your already-hot home. This means your air-conditioning has to work harder to keep you cool.\u00a0 LED lighting uses a fraction of the energy consumed by traditional light sources.\u00a0 They generate very little heat \u00a0(3 BTUs\/hr vs. 85 BTUs\/hr for incandescent bulbs) and remain cool during operation, thus easing the burden on your air conditioning system during hot weather and reducing your overall energy costs. \u00a0For every 60W incandescent (traditional) light bulb, you’re spending about $13.86 more in cooling costs per year (based on\u00a0Nashville\/TVA’s current electricity rate<\/a>\u00a0of 10.252 cents per kilowatt-hour) versus an equivalent LED bulb, so it can quickly add up!\u00a0 Even when you consider the initial cost of LED bulbs (currently about $2.48 for a 60W equivalent bulb, compared to about $1.00 for a traditional 60W bulb),\u00a0the payback period is just 6 months\u00a0<\/strong>for a light that stays on 8 hours per day.<\/strong>.\u00a0 The savings come from reduced electricity to produce the light as well as the reduced cooling costs. \u00a0And just in case you’re thinking that the heat generated from traditional lighting might be beneficial in the winter to help keep you warm, it’s an extremely inefficient heat source, costing over 5 times as much as the typical gas furnace to generate the equivalent amount of heat.\u00a0 Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) were promoted as an energy-saving alternative, but they’re no match for LED lighting, and are falling out of favor.<\/p>\n LED stands for light-emitting diode. The light is generated by a semiconductor, creating an effect known as electroluminescence.<\/p>\n As we enter the summer months, high air-conditioning bills seem just as inevitable as death and taxes.\u00a0 Something most people don’t think about is that incandescent and halogen bulbs act as miniature space heaters, dumping over 90% of the energy they consume into heat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 heating up your already-hot home. This means your air-conditioning has to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nResidential Advantages<\/h2>\n
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Industrial Lighting Advantages<\/h2>\n
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It’s time to\u00a0convert to LEDs now!<\/h2>\n
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