The Light Emitting Diode (LED)
technology has been gaining global recognition and popularity recently for its
unique and eco-friendly features. Aside from giving off a brighter light, LED
lighting fixtures also last far longer than their fluorescent counterparts.
This results in financial savings for your business or home in the long run.
LED products also consume less electricity. This energy-saving capability is
reflected in the monthly electric bill of companies, establishments as well
as public and private offices that have made the switch.
Energy
Saving Trust (EST) is championing this cause for over sixteen years
now. One of the recent studies conducted by this UK-based organization is a
field trial of LED lighting fixtures in social housing facilities. The
organization believes that they are playing a vital role in helping shape the
LED lighting market in the UK.
After observing and measuring the
performance of 4,250 LED light fixtures in 35 sites, here are some of the
significant findings of EST, as published in their report.
- Lighting levels increased in both phases of the field trial. In phase 1, the increase was 100 percent. In phase 2, it was 57 percent.
- Installed LED lighting fixtures in the sites can generate ongoing savings of more than 3,372,058 kWh per year in both project phases once LED performance is normalized. This energy-savings can light 5,788 typical UK homes for a year.
- The LED installations increased the “colour temperature” in buildings which gives a brighter, whiter light that is much closer to that of daylight. Colour temperature is the measurement of how “warm” or “cold” a light is.
- The brighter, whiter light enhanced the ambience in most of the sites as illustrated in the photographs in the report’s appendix.
- LEDs in the trial demonstrated an excellent sustained performance. After about six months of use, lighting levels were at 93.6 per cent on the average.
- Using normalized figures, both phases of the trial suggested that return on investment could be around 2 years.
- Colour rendering improved across most of the sites. This means that colours appear as they would under normal lighting conditions
This study proves that the LED
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