Consider LED Holiday Lights this Season

If you are going to use strings of holiday lights this season for your home or office, please consider using newer LED versions.

• They are greener because they save electricity, which means a lower carbon footprint
• They are safer since they are cooler
• You will save money on lower electricity costs ($0.54 vs. $24) and replacement costs since they last longer (est. 20x)
• So even though the initial cost is higher, it should be off-set by these lower costs.

Beloware some calculations to help you do the math on the electricity costs:
From The Mercury News:

Now holiday LEDs use a fraction of the energy needed for incandescents. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy estimated that incandescent Christmas tree lights kept on 12 hours a day for 40 days would cost $23.95 in electricity. With LEDs: $0.54 cents.

Last year, the national Christmas tree in Washington, the tree in New York's Rockefeller Center, and the Times Square New Year's ball all went LED.

From About.com:

A typical strand of 50 lights utilizes 300 watts (.3 kilowatts). At the national average of 9.81 cents per kWh, that equals 3 cents per hour, per strand. Running these lights 5 hours a day for the entire season of 30 days, the total cost for one strand of holiday lights equals $4.50. Multiply this by however many strands of lights you are using and you can see that lighting costs add up.

On the other hand, a strand of 50 LED lights uses only 4 watts (.004 kilowatts). Using the same formula as above, the total cost to run a strand of LED holiday bulbs for the season would be less than 6 cents.

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