Sunday, April 10, 2016

Happy Earth Day!

This month we celebrate Earth Day on April 22. Earth Day was first celebrated in the United States in 1970 and has since spread to countries all over the world. The event is organized by earthday.org.

In honor of Earth Day, this month's blog post is dedicated to LED. By now, you've probably heard about how efficient and long-lasting LED is. You can buy fixtures with built-in LED, but it's also very easy to swap out bulbs in fixtures where you currently use incandescent or fluorescent bulbs.

 For lamps and chandeliers, there are several types of replacement bulbs available. They vary in design and color (from 2200K, very warm light, to 5000K, very cool light). As long as the socket type matches and the bulb fits in the fixture properly, LED can be substituted anywhere. (Note: some brighter bulbs, such as the 100W replacement, can be larger than the bulb they are replacing and may hang out of the fixture or press up against the glass.)
 

The selection of replacement bulbs is always expanding. You can get retrofit bulbs for recessed lights, fixtures that take small halogen bulbs, and even some fluorescent tubes.
   

For fixtures with exposed bulbs, you can even get filament LED bulbs that have a very similar look and weight to standard incandescent bulbs. These bulbs use 90% less energy and last an average of 23 years!
  

Several LED bulbs can also be dimmed. Stop in to our store and find out how we can help you upgrade to LED!