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Metro Lighting's energy efficient series by Nick Frisella: LED light bulbs

This translates to a 75 - 80% energy savings when compared to a traditional incandescent light sources. The energy savings is incredible but that's not the only advantage of LED lighting…

You may already know that incandescent light bulbs are inefficient but do you know how inefficient they truly are?  Incandescent bulbs convert less than 10% of the electricity they use into visible light with the remaining 90% converted into heat.  LED bulbs can now convert more than 60% of the electricity they use into visible light and this percentage will only continue to increase.  This translates to a 75 - 80% energy savings when compared to a traditional incandescent light sources.  The energy savings is incredible but that’s not the only advantage of LED lighting…

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