Quality lighting is an important aspect of our daily life, and one that’s often taken for granted. Energy-saving light systems provide a comfortable and productive visual environment for us to live our lives.
Enhancing the comfort levels of a space leads to increases in productivity. Better lighting not only reduces the energy consumption of a room, it can improve the quality of work from its occupants.
In the average home, most light controls are a simple on/off switch, rather than a dimmer. This means that whether it’s the middle of the day or midnight, your fixtures are putting out the exact same amount of light. In fact, light switches are one of the few appliances that only have two settings: on and off.
Through dimming, users can control the quantity of light their fixtures provide to fit specific tasks, moods or situations. This not only improves the experience, but also prevents wasted energy.
Every dimmer saves four to nine percent in electricity—even at the highest lighting levels—over a standard on-off switch. And when users choose to dim their lights, even more electricity is saved. Quite simply, the more you dim, the more you save. A standard light switch only saves electricity in the off position.
While there are many ways to reduce energy use, most involve sacrificing something. Few actually enrich the quality of living and working environments like dimmers. Dimmers and other lighting controls allow people to adjust light levels for specific entertainment options, enhance ambiance, set a mood, and take advantage of daylight to reduce energy use.
Installing just two dimmers in place of two standard light switches in every home in the United States, the potential annual savings could be $1.5 billion in electricity and close to 25 billion pounds of CO2—the equivalent to taking more than one million cars off the road.
Dimmers reduce power to the lighting source or bulb, so they save energy and extend bulb life. Incandescent and halogen bulbs last up to 20 times longer when used with a dimmer, increasing the money saved.
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