How Can LED Lighting Upgrades Impact Your Energy Bills and Lighting Quality?

LED Lighting Upgrades: Energy Bills and Lighting Quality

Modern LED lighting is more versatile and functional than ever before. LED lights are available in a wide range of colors, styles, sizes, and designs and can be used in any type of lighting fixture. They offer greater control over lighting design and energy usage and can make your home more energy-efficient. They are also highly durable and require less maintenance and upkeep than incandescent and fluorescent lighting. At Provident Electric, our residential and commercial lighting contractors can evaluate your property and determine how to integrate LED lighting upgrades to reduce your energy bills and improve the comfort and safety of your property. We offer LED lighting installation, maintenance, and repairs, as well as LED retrofitting. Here is a look at how LED lighting upgrades can impact your energy bills and lighting quality.

Reduced Electricity Costs

LED lighting uses up to 90% less energy than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs. While they are more expensive than other types of lights, their initial cost can be recouped through monthly savings on your energy bills. Upgrading to LED lighting can save you around $225 dollars per year on your energy bills. Using ENERGY STAR LED lights and implementing lighting controls like automatic daylight shutoff, motion sensors, and room occupancy sensors can save you even more.

Better Light Quality and Improved Light Distribution

LED lights are available in a wide variety of colors, sizes, designs, and styles. From string lighting, holiday lighting, and novelty lights to security lighting, business signage, and display lighting, there is an LED option for any type of light you can imagine. LEDs emit light in a specific direction, which makes them ideal for ambient, security, task, and recessed lighting. You will not need to use reflectors or diffusers to direct light. Advances in LED technology have also improved LED light quality. Modern LED lights are now much more attractive and warm than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs, and you have greater control over the quality and level of light emitted from each fixture.

More Durable and Longer-Lasting Light Bulbs

LED bulbs are highly durable and resistant to breakage, wear and tear, and environmental damage. They last up to 25 times longer than incandescent and fluorescent lighting. Upgrading to LED bulbs will reduce your need for lighting maintenance and repair and extend the lifespan of your lighting fixtures. You will spend less money and time on labor, bulbs, and maintenance, which will save you money in the long term.

Greater Lighting Control and Dimmable LED Technology

You will have greater control over your lighting when you switch to LED lights. WiFi-enabled and smart LED lights allow you to control your lights remotely using a mobile app. Even when you aren’t home, you can turn lights on and off and dim lights. You can also create schedules and create groups of lights that you can control all at once. Your lighting control options can improve the security, comfort, and convenience of your home and also reduce your energy usage and energy bills.

Enhanced Safety and Greater Peace of Mind

LEDs emit very little heat. While incandescent bulbs release 90% of their energy as heat and fluorescent bulbs 80%, LED lights are very cool. They will not burn you when you touch them, and they do not pose a fire hazard when they are used around curtains, furniture, or beds. They are a much safer option for use in string lights, novelty lights, night lights, curtain lights, decorative lights, and holiday lights. They are safe to use indoors and outdoors and in nurseries and children’s rooms. Upgrading to LED lights can enhance the safety of your home and offer you greater peace of mind.

Environmentally-Friendly Lighting for Any Environment

You can find the right type of LED light for any lighting need and environment. You can easily replace every light in your home or business with an LED alternative, making all of your lighting environmentally friendly. LED lights are available in 5W, 10W, 40W, 60W, 75W, and 100W bulbs, as well as reflector bulbs for recessed lighting fixtures, track lights, task lights, ambient lighting, and undercabinet lighting. You can also find LED solar lighting, outdoor lights, and more. Bulbs can be adjusted so that you can control the warmth, color, and quality of your lighting and choose different hues of white light. Some are even dimmable and can be used with daylight sensors and motion sensors. They are highly durable and can be installed indoors or outdoors and in extreme temperatures.

Call Provident Electric to Explore LED Lighting Upgrades

At Provident Electric, we can help you explore LED lighting upgrades for your home or business to save energy and reduce your energy costs. Our lighting contractors have decades of experience and offer lighting installation, maintenance, and repairs as well as LED retrofitting. We can also help you take advantage of energy rebates and tax credits in your area. Call us now or contact us online to learn more about upgrading to environmentally friendly lighting in Frederick, MD, or throughout the Maryland, D.C., and Virginia areas.