Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Things to know before selecting your LED Lighting Product

Lighting design is an important aspect of any structure, because it not only gives the decency in the lighting but also helps us to save electricity. We often see the lights installed in our surroundings, it may be commercial sites or  residential apartments, we can see the incandescent & FTL technologies used widely which are consuming power at least 2 times more than LED technologies. LED lighting is more efficient when it is installed with a proper lighting design. LED is a semiconductor, it has the property to emit directional light, and thus lighting design is necessary to get the desired luminance.

Lighting is one of the most important & yet neglected parts of any building, structure or monument. Without the correct Lighting planning & usage, the real purpose & beauty can never be achieved. Aesthetics & utility are very important factors without doubt. Another important aspect of correct lighting planning is the fact that reduces cost of electricity, infrastructure & maintenance. More critically, infrastructure & maintenance, which is missed & taken for granted very often.

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While selecting the product for house applications, one should take into account the size of the room & the product installed in the room you want to replace For e.g. if you want to replace the CFL of your bedroom with LED bulb, you need to know the wattage of CFL & lumens. For instance if the CFL is of 20 Watts and emits 1200 lumens, you need to look for the led Bulb similar to 1200 lumens irrespective of Watts, which in this case would be a 14 Watt Classic Led Bulb or even a 15 watt Downlight. It not only Saves money, but also adds a mood for the room.

In general if you want to understand how the savings are achieved by switching to LED Lamps here is the simple calculation you need to understand. Every Technology has the specific lumen output. For e.g. old incandescent lamps have 10lm/Watt. CFL have approx 60lm/Watt & LED lamps have average 90lm/Watts, so if you are using 20Watt CFL then its lumen output will be 1200lm approx. Now you want to replace it with LED bulb so all you need to do is 1200/90 = 13.33 watts. This means that you can choose 12W-14W LED bulb to maintain you existing light level of your bedroom.

Savings & Long life are the key features of LED lamps. Considering the same example of 20Watts CFL replacing with 14 Watts we are saving electricity of 6 Watts without compromising on the lux level of your bedroom. To be more precise if you want to calculate the annual saving of your bedroom with the replacement of LED bulb you have to do the simple calculation. For instance you are using you CFL 20W for 4 Hrs per day for a period of year and the electrical unit rate is 8 per unit then (20x4*365*8)/1000 =  233.6. Rs 233.6 will be your annual electricity bill for 1 CFL of 20 W. Now if you have replaced it with 12W LED bulb your savings will be (12x4x365x8)/1000 = 140. Rs 140 will be your annual electricity bill for 12W LED bulb. So your annual savings will be 233.6 – 140 = Rs 93 yearly for replacement of CFL to LED.

Savings in terms may look small for the single LED replacement, but the LED lamp life is 3 to 8 times more than CFL bulbs. Ultimately it is also saving your buying’s of at least 1 CFL per year.

If you want to do a new lighting with a proper design you can get help from the professional designers who can suggest you the alternatives by studying your electrical layout.


This theory is applicable for commercial spaces, industrial shades hospitality industries also. If you want an expert opinion you can contact our support team who can guide you through for all your electrical savings related to lightings & can help to save your electricity bills.

Moreover for the growing economy like INDIA electricity is the biggest hurdle for the rapid growth & development of our economy. Government is also taken the mission of saving electricity by distributing the LED lamps in residential localities. Even if we switch to LED lamp sources replacing one product at one time we will not only save our electricity bills but also help our nation to grow.

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2 comments:

  1. These LED lightning use less electrical energy, which help you to save a lot of your electric bill.

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  2. Your article is very exciting and informational. I am trying to decide on a career move and this has helped me with one aspect. Thank you so much ! led for signage companies

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