LED bulbs: Outperforming CFLs

Building Green Group Member Michael Allen Howard sent me the following write up on LED bulbs manufactured by Green Torch, I figured it may be an interesting read for the group.

"If every American home replaced their 5 most frequently used light fixtures or the bulbs in them with ones that have earned the ENERGY STAR (such as LED bulbs), we would save close to $8 billion each year in energy costs, and together we would prevent the greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions from nearly 10 million cars. The energy used in the average home can be responsible for more than twice the greenhouse gas emissions of the average car. When you use less energy at home, you reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and help protect our environment from the risks of global climate change."

Source - http://www.energystar.gov/

There are many companies selling LED bulbs and not all LED bulbs are of the same quality. Some will only last 2/3 or 3/4 as long as Green Torch LED bulbs. Our bulbs are fully dimmable. Other companies may or may not offer bulbs that are fully dimmable. All of our bulbs are UL-924 listed and are LEED compliant.


Here are the top 5 benefits of purchasing LED bulbs from Green Torch:

1. Lasts 50,000 hours - Green Torch LED bulbs will last for over 10 years at 12 hours of usage per day. An LED bulb lasts nearly 50x longer than an incandescent bulb and 12x longer than a halogen bulb. Using LED bulbs will result in a significant reduction of bulbs dumped in landfills in addition to less pollution associated with manufacturing, purchasing and disposing of bulbs.

2. Uses 90% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs. Green Torch MR-16 LED bulbs use only 3W compared to a 50W incandescent bulb.

3. No Mercury - Unlike CFL's that contain mercury (a neuro-toxin) and require a complicated clean-up process (http://www.epa.gov/mercury/spills/), LED bulbs are mercury free.

4. Totally Cool - LED bulbs are safe to touch and they also reduce your air conditioning costs. For every Watt of energy you save in electricity by using LED lighting, you also reduce your A/C costs by 0.2W. E.g. In other words, saving 100kWh in lighting lets you reduce your A/C usage by an additional 20kWh since your space gets less hot with LED bulbs than with incandescent bulbs.

5. LEED Compliant - All of our LED bulbs are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) compliant and will help you to achieve LEED certification for your building.
If you'd like to determine how much money you will save by purchasing Green Torch LED EXIT signs for your building, go to http://www.energystar.gov/ and simply plug in the number of EXIT signs that need to be replaced and your savings will be automatically calculated for you.

For more information, a free catalog or to purchase LED bulbs or EXIT signs, please contact:

Michael Allen Howard
Account Executive
Green Torch, Inc.
michael.howard@greentorch.com
877-305-0898 ext 815