{"id":431,"date":"2016-06-29T09:29:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2016-06-29T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T09:29:15","slug":"facts-about-led-lighting-you-never-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/facts-about-led-lighting-you-never-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About LED Lighting You Never Knew"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and make our home much greener, many have already made the transition to LED lighting; but what advantages does it really have? Is it worth switching your entire home to LED? To help you decide, here\u2019s just a handful of interesting facts about LED and other low energy bulbs. <\/span><\/p>\n

If each household in the UK installed one energy saving bulb, the CO2 saved could fill the Royal Albert Hall 2,000 times over.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On average, lighting accounts for 20% of a household’s electricity bill.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a31.8 billion per year is spent on electricity to power UK households. <\/span><\/p>\n

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If you change all your bulbs to energy saving bulbs in your home, you\u2019ll save around 100KG of CO2 per year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Energy saving bulbs use around 80% less energy than traditional bulbs.<\/p>\n

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If every UK household installed a single energy saving bulb, the amount of CO2 saved would be equal to taking 100,000 cars off UK roads. <\/span><\/p>\n

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LED bulbs last around 10x longer than traditional bulbs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each LED bulb could save you around \u00a3390 over its lifespan. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Traditional incandescent bulbs are only 9-10% efficient. <\/span><\/p>\n

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LED bulbs attract less bugs than traditional, UV emitting bulbs. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and make our home much greener, many have already made the transition to LED lighting; but what advantages does it really have? Is it worth switching your entire home to LED? To help you decide, here\u2019s just a handful of interesting facts about LED and other low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eco-lighting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castlegatelights.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}