October 7 may be an unusually illuminating day considering it is National LED Light Day.
We are all born as incredible detectors of light, intuitively seeing differences in color and brightness. Lighting professionals know that much of human sensation is visual. People respond emotionally to light and color, using its consistency to draw us in, like moths to a glowing light. The power of LED lighting affects all of us in emotional, economic, and environmental ways.
- Emotion – Unlike other light sources, LEDs have the ability to create a more appealing display for a variety of environments.
- Economy – LED lights help save on our energy costs.
- Environment – The fewer LED bulbs changed means there are fewer bulbs thrown away.
- The first visible LED was invented in 1962 by Professor Nick Holonyak who then worked for General Electric
- Blue LEDs can help keep food fresh – they have been proven to have a strong antibacterial effect on major foodborne pathogens, and are now being used in fridges.
- The Times Square Ball in New York (dropped every New Year) is illuminated with 32,256 individual LEDs!
- If the entire United States would replace only 50 percent of the existing incandescent Christmas lights around the holidays, the potential energy cost savings starts around $17.2 billion dollars.
- Next time you see a blue LED, think of Shuji Nakamura, the inventor of the blue LED, back in 1994. Nakamura, who was working for Nichia Corporation at the time, got a $200 bonus for his discovery.
- LED stands for Light Emitting Diodes. These bulbs produce light but not in the same efficiency as a common light bulb. A common light bulb will eat electricity but only converts 10% of that electricity into light. The other 90% is wasted energy. An LED, however, converts 100% of the energy into light.
- Every night, you wonder why bugs keep flying around your incandescent light bulb. Installing LEDs will keep the bugs away. The reason being is that other light sources emit too much ultraviolet light or infrared radiation.
- LEDs last 13 to 22 years or up to 25 times longer than traditional light sources. If you installed an LED in your newborn’s room it could still be running strong by the time you send him off to college or even celebrate his graduation.
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