LED Recessed Light Fixtures Now Available
The benefits of light-emitting diodes, a.k.a. LED lights, have been widely covered on the internet’s green outlets. Efficient, long-lasting, and eco-friendly, LEDs are step past those infamous CFL lights that everyone is trying to get Americans to install in their homes.
What makes them so green?
+ LEDs use only 12 watts of power, compared to 65 watts with a CFL (roughly 50% less energy consumed)
+ LEDs can last for up to 50,000 hours; with average use, that is nearly 23 years (a savings of nearly $900 versus using CFLs for the same amount of time)
+ LEDs have no mercury in them, unlike CFLs, which have to be disposed of carefully
Unfortunately, an LED bulb, similar to a CFL, for basic home use has not yet been released on the market. North Carolina-based LLF Inc is working to make that happen, having already released a recessed LED light for residential and commercial use.
Perfect for every room of your house (including the kitchen, featured in the accompanying picture), LLF’s recessed LED light is already being installed at the University of Arkansas. For their pioneering efforts with LEDs, LLF recently won the Grand Prize for the 2007 Lighting for Tomorrow solid state lighting (SSL) competition, presented from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Truly the most sustainable option available, LLF’s recessed LED lights can be found all over the United States. For specific sellers and distributors, use the zip code search on the company’s website.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:45 am
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October 19th, 2007 at 5:47 am
Thanks for the heads up! I have recessed lights in my kitchen. I’m going to take one out and see if it looks like I could replace them with these. I know they must burn a lot of power, because when I use them (I also have a main dome light that’s flourescent, and it’s all I use most of the time) the room gets noticeably warmer after a little while.