Core Factors Of LED Lamps - The Inside Track
Energy efficient lights keep their way into the mainstream market. One of the most recent examples may be the Pali Momi Medical Center in Hawaii. This facility has replaced about 2300 fluorescents and compact fluorescents with LED technology, reducing their power company bill by over 50%! While LED lights come with an initial cost much higher than CFLs, their lifetime makes up for this. LEDs lasts providing 100,000 hours, in comparison with compact fluorescents which lasts from 10,000 to 15,000 hours. The higher initial charges are usually repaid from the newbie of usage, with each consecutive year being pure savings. A spokesperson for that Pali Momi Medical Center expects their investment in LEDs to be returned by savings in around 15 months, while using savings continuing for decades. Impressive savings have been seen at the Honolulu airport, where a large scale retrofit of parking garage lighting is saving $100,000 per month on electricity. If they conducted similar retrofits in ot