Why you should invest in LED lighting sooner rather than later?

Running a business costs money.  However, smart businesses are constantly looking for ways to save money and bring down their overall running costs.  Sometimes the small things, such as how you light offices or warehouses is overlooked, and disregarded as not important.  However, with advances in lighting you could be well advised to consider changing to LED lighting sooner rather than later.  This article will show you why this could made great financial sense and in the long run save you a substantial amount on your energy bills.

How long do you have your lights on?

There is a lot of pressure on businesses to maintain longer working hours, whether that is to increase production in warehouses and factories or to offer longer hours of customer support in offices.   In many work settings, a form of lighting is on all day, regardless of whether it is dark outside.  Offices often have lights on low all the time, and for manufacturing, sometimes light spaces are vital to ensure quality goods are produced and substandard stock spotted immediately. 

Overall, this can add up very quickly to a large energy bill.  This is often accepted as a necessary evil, but with LED lighting you might be pleasantly surprised at what savings can be made.  With energy tariffs set to keep rising it makes sense to get onto this issue straight away.

LED light technology is now affordable and accessible for businesses

One thing we hear a lot is that LED lighting is expensive.  In the early days of LED technology it was an expensive thing to have.  However thanks to advancements in the field, better and cheaper solutions have been introduced and it has become affordable for all.  Switching your lighting system to LED may not be as expensive as once feared.

LED Lights are cheaper to run, install and repair

Obviously with all systems of lighting, there are ongoing costs.  It is not just installing a system it is maintaining it.  LED light bulbs last a significantly longer time than their old style counterparts, so for a start you will find that there is less of a need to change broken bulbs. Older style lighting will just blow out when it reaches the end, with no warning.  LED lights fade as they reach the end of their shelf life, so rather than a sudden plunge into darkness there is a gradual deterioration, signalling a need to get the maintenance teams in soon, but without an immediate panic.

LED lights offer better lighting

Having LED lights installed also offers a better quality of lighting.  LEDs emit white light rather than the more yellow light of old style bulbs, and this is actually better for eye health.  The light is also cleaner and brighter and is more focused.  There is no wasted light, you can accurately light the areas desired and not be wasting light.  But surely this comes at a premium?  Not at all!  LED lighting is up to 90% cheaper than traditional lighting, and you will see a reduction to your energy bills

So as you can see there is a myriad of reasons why switching to LED lighting makes sense for businesses including offices, warehouses and factories.  It is brighter, long lasting and saves significant, money on energy bills.