The Uses for LED Lighting Technology are Endless; From Home to Business

We’ve seen how LED lighting can impact business directly; from lighting food, displays, and saving businesses money, the applications for LED’s in a business environment are endless.  The same can be said for LED lighting in the home; screw-in bulbs to outdoor flood packs.  The point is this: LED technology is versatile.  It can even be extended into more industrial environments, like warehouses, which serve as an important component of the business supply chain.  It might not be an application which consumers think of immediately, however this step in the process indirectly affects the prices that consumers pay for their goods.

Lighting is just a part of the new technologies and material handling procedures that the warehousing world is experiencing, but it’s also one of the most important.  Lighting is responsible for half to three quarters of a warehouse facility’s lighting needs.  Overhead lights are needed in loading areas for general illumination for better safety during loading procedures. Supplemental lights may also be needed to further improve illumination in certain cases.  At workstations low glare lights that enable office staff to comfortably read documents is needed. Good horizontal and vertical illumination is required for open storage areas as the aisles may be repeatedly reconfigured.

Similarly good lighting is needed in rack storage areas. Besides these, lighting levels in a warehouse depend on the activity pattern, space design (open or confined), age and visual acuity of workers and size of items.  LED lighting can be used in any of these areas of a warehouse and save on maintenance and energy costs.  In the long run, workers will be able to focus more on their job in a comfortable environment without worrying about lighting outages which render a particular area of the warehouse dark and unsafe.

New Tek Partners is an LED lighting company which produces commercial and industrial lighting solutions to cover a wide range of needs.  Their High/Low Bay LED lights produce at least a 60% energy savings and offer other options such as remote control, resistance to shock and vibration and a patented heat dissipation design.  These lights are perfect for warehouse applications and can benefit companies by saving money and benefit workers by creating a safer, and brighter, work environment.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

LED Lighting – The Best Lighting Choice for Hospitals

Healthcare is one of the hottest topics heading into the New Year.  Hospitals worldwide are investing in energy efficient lighting to provide better patient care while saving in operating costs. 
LEDs are the best substitutes for incandescent globes and halogens and have very low maintenance cost, but high efficiency.  They not only provide a clearer, whiter light, which helps patients feel more at ease, but they also help lower operating costs for the hospital, allowing for that money to be better spent on front-line patient services such as medical supplies and staffing.  A recent report shows that sealed LED lighting units protect patients from harmful bacteria, while providing uniformly-distributed dimmable light. 

The long LED lifespan (estimated at 60,000 hours or seven years) also eliminates the need for routine bulb replacement, which stops harmful bacteria from being distributed into the atmosphere.  Using LED lighting in place of incandescent lighting can also lead to tax breaks, such as the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction. 

Within the hospital itself, LED lighting can serve as an important component in different patient services.  MRI facilities require nonferrous lights because of the magnetic fields from the equipment.  Incandescent lighting tends to give off minute impurities that are affected by the high intensity magnetic field of the MRI.  This drastically reduces the life of the bulb.  Fluorescent lighting is not suitable either because of the noise artifacts generated in scans.  In comparison, LED lights are virtually unaffected by magnetic fields, provide no noise interference and last longer.  

LED lights are also dimmable, making them ideal for CT scan, ultrasound rooms and other places where adjustable lighting is needed.  LED bulbs and tubes are a great “assistant” for surgeons in operating rooms.  They deliver high quality light without high temperatures.  This allows for surgeons to view body tissue in its natural colors, while at the same time providing a safe environment for the patient. 

Not only does New Tek Partners have LED lighting solutions for home and office, they also provide optimal solutions for the healthcare industry.  The variety of bulbs, retrofit tube lights and flood lighting is perfect to fully equip a hospital inside and out.  Next time you are thinking about healthcare, consider how the proper lighting can impact your care.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

Lighting Your Food With LED Lighting

Have you ever walked through a grocery store and noticed the lighting?  Next time you’re there take a closer look at the fruit, vegetable and fresh meat displays.  I’m willing to bet that you’ll notice how appetizing these foods look, and for good reason; grocers have long known that proper lighting can cause those shiny drops of dew and ice to dazzle under the lights, adding a “fresh” look to the food.  Not only can lighting turn common food items into crowned jewels, it can also help with operating costs.

Since LED lighting is known for its bright white light, in contrast to the yellow glare of incandescent and fluorescent lighting, it makes them an ideal candidate for grocery stores and markets everywhere.  Additionally, LED lighting has been proven to use a fraction of the energy of incandescent and fluorescent lighting.

An industry that relies so much on keeping its products fresh, cannot afford to have bad lighting solutions in place.  For example, more than 35 percent of energy use is on refrigeration, with the greatest usage occurring in display cases, freezers, coolers, and beverage dispensers.  If a store used fluorescent lighting in one of these areas, they would experience a large waste of energy due to fluorescent lighting putting off heat equaling a 25-50% increase in energy consumed.  Replacing this lighting with more cost effective LED lights can drastically decrease energy consumption.

LED lighting can also have industrial applications for food packaging and processing plants.  These warehouse areas are typically well-lit with rows of heavy duty tube lamps.  Lighting such a large space with these types of lights is a huge drain on energy and LED lighting can only help to lessen that burden.  There is also a new movement of horticulture companies experimenting with LED lighting for plant growth; ultimately, this could help grow more food for the world’s increasing population and impact the pricing at your local grocer.

Whether it’s food growing applications, better product placement or simply energy conservation, there is a place for LED lights in an industry were lighting is rarely noticed by consumers.  New Tek Partners provides proper lighting solutions to equip the smallest restaurant or bar all the way up to a large grocery store or industrial warehouse.  Their lights can brighten a display case or dim to set the mood in a bar.  It is a great time for food retailers to invest in LED lighting and New Tek Partners can help lead the way in equipping your retail business with cost-effective LED lighting.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

LED Lighting Solutions for Retail Stores

We’ve seen how small business owners save money with LED lighting: the low energy consumption of this technology means a lower electricity bill.  Better, clearer lighting, such as provided by LED bulbs and tubes, can also lead to increased productivity.  Easy solutions like upgrading fluorescent tube lighting with LED retrofits and replacing work area bulbs with LED bulbs are the best way for businesses to start; however, not all businesses are created equally.  Lighting is often used differently in an office environment, like that of a lawyer or call center, than it might be in a retail store.  So how can LED lighting benefit those businesses that customers frequent on a regular basis?

In a retail setting, lighting is a critical part of the business strategy.  Lighting sets the right mood for shopping, highlights desirable products, illuminates display cases and creates an overall identity for the store, whether it’s a brightly lit grocery store or a stylishly lit clothing boutique.  The U.S. department of energy estimates that 42% of electricity bills of U.S. retail stores are made up by the lighting they utilize.  Chain stores especially can experience this multiplied across all of their satellite affiliates. 

In this environment, operating expenses become a large concern and all stores must be equipped with the same infrastructure to maintain stability in the operating budget.  LED bulbs are a great solution because they last so long and use only a fraction of the energy-impact than incandescent and fluorescent lighting solutions.  Retail stores also tend to leave certain lights on 24-7; whether it’s outside signage or indoor display lighting.  Since cost-savings with LED is more apparent over an extended period of time, those businesses which leave lighting on at all hours will notice savings sooner than the average private business.

Food retailers can not only notice cost savings with store lighting, but also in refrigeration costs.   The refrigerated display cases you find in every grocery store use a large amount of electricity.  Keep in mind that incandescent bulbs are typically used in these display cases: the same incandescent bulbs which give off a large amount of heat.  Food retailers, from large chains all the way down to a small privately run deli, could all benefit from using LED lighting in their display cases.  LED lighting is cool to the touch and can assist in making sure cold items stay cold.  Unlike incandescent bulbs, LED bulbs do not contain mercury and are thus safer for use in close proximity to food.
 
New Tek Partners carries lighting solutions that any retail establishment could implement into their strategy, including LED tube lighting retrofits and screw-in bulbs.  Their bulbs can be used for task lighting in a back work-office or as accent lighting as part of a retail display.  Whether a single retail business is looking for ways to cut costs or a chain retail outlet seeking to improve its bottom line across the board, New Tek Partners provides lighting strategies to help reach those goals.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

LED Lighting Solutions for Business Owners

When thinking about saving money, one of the first things that comes to mind is “what can I do at home to save money?”  But if you’re a small business owner, or manager, you should seriously consider extending that savings to your business.  Even if you don’t own a business, having your employer change to more energy efficient lighting solutions could positively affect your work environment; this means less noise, better lighting and increased concentration.  The low energy consumption of LED lighting makes it an ideal candidate for businesses to start moving towards the “Green” technology and help achieve carbon reduction commitments for a better all-around environment.

There are easy ways to start the change in technology.  Start by replacing bulbs around your employees desks or work areas to improve lighting and remove unwanted background noise.  Also look to replace the main lighting source in your business, which is most often fluorescent lighting.  You can purchase LED retrofit solutions to update this old lighting technology.  Next, look at your outdoor lighting.  If you have street lamps on your property, consider using LED lamps to cut down on breakage and maintenance.  If the street lamps are maintained by the city, you can still implement a solution closer to the building by upgrading or installing LED flood/wall packs.

While switching out screw-in incandescent bulbs and retrofitting old fluorescent technology with LED tube lighting can help decrease the cost of your energy bill, you should consider these changes as an investment to your business.  What starts as a change in LED lighting can be a piece of a larger savings plan to upgrade infrastructure, such as heating and cooling systems, appliances and security systems. 

There are federal tax credits for energy efficiency that can help your business in the long run.  There is a tax deduction available now, for example, which offers a deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot to owners of commercial buildings which meet a certain heating and cooling energy-saving standards.  This same deduction offers a partial deduction of up to $0.60 per square foot for additional measures for lighting.   An energy audit, such as the free audit offered by New Tek Partners, can help you evaluate how to get your business on track to meet these tax credit requirements.
    
New Tek Partners offers tried and true solutions for your businesses LED lighting needs.  You can equip your business on the outside, with street lamps and flood/wall packs, while also improving your lighting efficiency indoors, with screw-in bulbs and LED lighting retrofits.  Not only can these upgrades in lighting save money on your electricity bill, it will also positively impact your employees’ environment and improve production.  Next time you assess your company’s energy consumption, turn to New Tek Partners to help provide you with the best lighting solutions for your business.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

Where to Decorate Your Home With LED Lighting

LED lights bring functionality, efficiency and quality together into one package, which makes them the perfect decorating idea for your home.  LED lights give off a directional light, making them ideal for highlighting features around your house.  Being hard to break and cool to the touch, LED technology also functions as a safety net, so you can leave them on without worrying about potential fire hazards.  The energy-saving benefits of LED lights are an added bonus if decorating and making your home look good is at the forefront of your mind.
 
There are many places around your home you can use LED lighting as a supplemental decorating piece.  You could start by using LED lighting to outline surfaces in your home, such as tables or steps.  You might choose white LED lighting for a cool, classic look or colored lighting to pull together a room featuring a common color.  It’s not only about making your home look good, however.  LED lights are practical solutions for lighting those hard to see areas, while still acting as a decoration.

Basement steps, for example, could be well-lit by strategically placing LED strip lights below the steps or by hanging low-lumen bulbs around the staircase in different configurations.  Since LED lights have a low-impact on energy bills, they’re great for placing in those less-traveled areas that you still want to look good for company.  Even those dim areas of your kitchen could be lit up without turning on every light in your home.  Just use a couple of LED strips or bulbs under those cabinets and you’ll be able to brighten your entire kitchen without wasting energy.  You’ll be able to eliminate those dark, secluded areas and show your guests your entire home. 

Next, try extending LED lighting to your yard or garden.  Lining your outdoor tables with LED lighting will give your home a sense of brightness and fun even in the darkest of nights.  You can even place LED’s down your walkway; they will be invisible during the day, but look great at night.  You might also decide to outline statues or hang string lights; the possibilities are really endless!
New Tek Partners continues to offer quality lighting solutions to brighten your home and offer solutions to all your decorating possibilities.  The flexibility that LED lighting provides is mirrored in the types of products that New Tek Partners offers; from screw-in bulbs to wall packs to strip lighting and everything in between, you will have the ability to choose the best lighting solution for your home or office.  During that next home decorating session, think what lighting options would be best for you and turn to New Tek Partners for your home lighting needs.

Where are you inspired to add LED lighting in your home?

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

LED Lighting Tips and Tricks Part 2

As LED technology use continues to grow, so does it’s everyday use for consumers.  Though some of the more popular facts are well-known to consumers, such as the energy savings, ease of use, and great lighting quality, it’s important to continue to keep up-to-date on the latest trends of this growing technology to make sure you can make the best of all the benefits.   Here are a couple of lesser known items for you to note as you consider LED technology as part of your daily life.
• LED lighting technology continues to evolve with the addition of Hybrid Capacitors.  LED’s are already a much improved technology over incandescent and even CFL lighting.  New, recent advances in technology, called hybrid capacitors, increase the already limitless benefits of LED lighting.   A hybrid capacitor is the combination of an ultracapacitor and a lithium-ion battery and is replaceable and rechargeable.  They provide higher power and longer life beyond what current LED powering solutions, such as nickel cadmium or lithium-ion batteries, can provide. 
• LED lighting retrofits can offer benefits to businesses.  It is important for businesses to consider retrofitting to add new technology to older systems.  It is possible to gain up to 85% energy savings with the right fixtures.  LED tube lighting is also known to last up to 50,000 hours and significantly reduce the amount of maintenance needed.  A business should always evaluate their current wiring and circuitry before deciding on the proper retrofit fixture.  Checking with local utility companies for energy-efficient rebates and/or tax deductions is also advisable.  Their pointers can help guide your business in the right direction for lowering your energy bill.
• Consider energy audits to evaluate potential savings.  Determine what areas your business feels it needs to advance in energy efficiency and select an auditor to provide your business with a prioritized list of recommendations.  Aside from lighting, your business could benefit from knowing its shortcomings with heating and cooling systems, appliances and security systems.  Possible lighting suggestions could include swapping out incandescent screw-in bulbs with longer-lasting LED’s, using retrofit lighting fixtures to update old fluorescent tubes, and replacing outdated flood lights with more efficient LED lights.
New Tek Partners provides LED lighting solutions to benefit both residential homes and commercial businesses.  Prior to jumping into the world of LED technology, you can take advantage of their free lighting audit to evaluate where you can save in your home or business.  Their UL classified fluorescent retrofit conversion kits in particular can offer businesses a large amount of savings over traditional fluorescent tube lighting.  When thinking of ways you can save money on energy, turn to New Tek Partners for expert advice and solutions.

What questions do you have about switching to LED lighting?

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

LED Lighting Tips and Tricks

Part of the reason the LED technology is becoming so popular is because of its versatile nature.  With incandescent bulbs and fluorescent lighting, most consumers feel like they know the typical behaviors: you can set them on a dimmable switch, you know when they burn out because they “pop”, they give off large amounts of heat and they are typically inexpensive.  Consumers should get to know LED lighting the same way and realize that they have features that go beyond benefitting the “green” community and lowering your electric bill.

• LED’s give instant light and are dimmable.  Notice that when turning on a fluorescent bulb, or CFL, that there’s a slight hesitation and flicker before the light achieves its full brightness.  LED’s reach their full brightness potential as soon as the switch is flicked and maintain a steady light which does not flicker.  Today’s LED bulbs can also be hooked up to a dimmable switch to provide mood lighting throughout your home or office.  Unlike incandescent bulbs, which burn out and pop when their life is over, LED’s simply become dimmer over time.

• LED bulbs do not contribute to heat buildup in your home.  This is especially important for consumers who are living in the South and recently experienced one of the hottest summers on record.  During some of these humid and muggy nights, you’ll find that the incandescent lights in your home are contributing to the heat buildup and are actually causing you to run your air conditioning at lower than normal temperatures.  Incandescent bulbs generally have a low lighting coverage area, thus requiring more of them to be used.  LED bulbs, however, produce an ideal amount of light over a wide area and remain cool to the touch.  High power LEDs in particular are designed with heat sinks, which keep operating temperatures low.

• Choose your LED bulbs wisely.  You should always look at the package when purchasing any lighting solution.  Soon, all new LED packages with contain the new unit of measurement: lumens, making it easier to compare to old-fashioned lighting solutions and see the benefits of LED lighting more clearly.  You should also be sure to choose LED bulbs that are “UL Listed” or “UL Classified”, and not “UL Compliant”.  “UL Compliant” bulbs have not been tested or approved by the Underwriters Laboratory to show that the bulbs have passed stringent tests.

New Tek Partners offers LED lights that you can tailor for your home or office needs.  In addition to high quality screw-in LED bulbs, they manufacture “UL Classified” Fluorescent Retrofit Conversion Kits using LED Green technology.  All of these products carry a minimum 3 year warranty to prove just how long lasting they are.  The above tips can be applied to New Tek Partners lighting solutions because they provide a wide variety of high quality products, which meet and exceed the industry standard.

What questions do you have about switching to LED lighting?

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.  Also connect with us on our Facebook Page.

LED Lighting Prevents Mercury Emissions

There are many reasons to switch from incandescent lighting to LED lighting: lowering your energy bill, less maintenance, more lighting coverage with less expense.  Recently documented use of LED’s by hospitals in the UK has led people to notice another health-related benefit of LED bulbs: lack of mercury emissions.  LED bulbs do offer many other health benefits as well, such as reducing eye strain, headaches and irritability; however, a readily quantifiable benefit is that LED bulbs have 0% mercury emissions because no mercury is used in the manufacturing of the bulbs. 

Even competitors to LED technology, such as Compact Fluorescent Lamps, have to be disposed of in the proper manner to prevent from poisoning the environment and negatively impacting your health.
Mercury itself is a well known neuro-toxicant that slows neurological developments and impacts your cardiovascular system.  A CFL, for example, contains 4-5mg of mercury.  Most pundits will argue that a miniscule amount such as that will not harm anyone.  Realize though, that over a billion CFL’s are disposed of every year.  When you add it all up, mercury emissions do become a problem.  

Incandescent bulbs contain an even higher amount of mercury and are more widely used than CFL’s.   Factor in that CFL bulbs and incandescent bulbs last less than half as long as LED bulbs and you have an ongoing disposal and mercury emission issue.  With LED bulbs, there is no special disposal procedure and no worry of lingering after effects on the environment from transport and use.

In a world where environmental safety and greenhouse effects are a priority, it is essential that you equip your home or business with the latest in energy-saving technology.  New Tek Partners offers industry standard mercury-free lights for safe use in your home or business.  Our focus is on providing technologically advanced and environmentally safe products that make for a more sustainable Earth.

We have various products, sizes, configurations, lumens and color temperatures to equip your home or office with.  If you are looking to provide your family with safely disposable, high quality lights, turn to New Tek Partners to provide you with all of your lighting needs.

Where in your home or office will you start making the switch to LED lighting?

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.

LED Lighting – Busting Electricity Myths

Whenever exploring new technology it’s common to hear many different arguments which blur the line between fact and fiction, making it hard for the average consumer to make an educated choice.  Here are a few myth-busting facts to help clear up any misconceptions you might have had about LED lighting:

• Myth:  An LED bulb is more expensive than an incandescent bulb.  Truth:  Although the one-time cost of an LED may be slightly higher than an incandescent bulb, it lasts up to 10 times longer and uses a much as 80% less energy than a standard incandescent.  Factor in the decreasing prices of LED bulbs due to the phasing out of incandescent bulbs and you have superior technology for a considerable increase in long term savings.
• Myth:  It is better to wait on LED technology and use my existing incandescent bulbs until they burn out.  Truth:  Every hour an old incandescent bulb is used, they more money is added to your electricity bill.  Incandescent bulbs burn more energy than they give out; thus there is no benefit for waiting for them to burn out, even if it does only take a few short months for them to do so.  Replacing them immediately with energy saving LED bulbs will prevent wasted electricity, possible safety hazards from the bulb popping and radiating intense heat, and provide an immediate return on savings.

• Myth:  Installing CFL lights will help me cut my electricity bill more than LED lights.  Truth:  Compared to LED lights, CFL lights consume twice as much energy to produce the same amount of light.  LED lights also last up to 5 times longer than CFL’s.  Additionally, CFL lights contain mercury and have to be safely disposed off to prevent this hazardous material from harming the environment.
Energy efficient, myth-busting LED lights are a must have technology for your home or office.  New Tek Partners provides the latest in LED technology, helping you fight against increasing electricity bills and environmental issues.  These cost effective solutions from New Tek Partners can save you a bundle when paired with energy consumption reducing techniques such as switching off lights when not in use. 

However, replacing your 50-watt bulb with a 6-watt LED light from New Tek Partners, for example, will give you the same amount and quality of light and use a fraction of electricity.  Through offering proven solutions in the LED lighting world, New Tek Partners can help bring your household into the emerging world of LED technology.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology based company and our mission is to develop and produce high quality LED lighting products and provide alternative lighting solutions to our clients.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions about how we can help you reduce your electric costs, as well as reduce your effect on the environment.

Health Benefits of Switching to LED Lighting

LED lighting has been praised for its numerous benefits: they help you save money on your energy bill, have a long lifespan and use a fraction of the electricity that traditional incandescent bulbs use.  It also turns out that LED lighting not only helps you save money; they are also a healthier option over traditional lighting solutions.

Consider that general lighting features such as flicker, hum, burnout, wasted heat and mercury, can be harmful to your health.  We’ve all seen these features and experienced their negative effects, which range from headaches, eye strain, and irritability to hyperactivity, fatigue and attention deficit.  Fortunately, using LED lights can eliminate these ailments, especially for those who already experience health problems and need to limit any potential negative effects the environment can cause.

LED lights are typically powered by DC voltage, which does not cause flickering.  Additionally, the humming sound associated with fluorescent lights, commonly used in hospitals, is also eliminated because LED’s use no filaments or extraneous moving parts.  Other common negative effects such as heat, burnout and mercury emissions are eliminated due to the long-lasting, environmentally safe way these next generation lights are constructed.

Even hospitals are realizing the positive health effects of LED lighting.  Recently, select hospitals in the UK started using a sealed LED lighting unit to protect patients from harmful bacteria, while also providing an evenly lit and relaxed environment.  Hospitals are also one such place where the need for quality and cost-effective lighting is paramount.  Using LED lighting and being able to reduce AC costs, eliminate mercury emissions and cut down on general maintenance costs are just a few ways that hospitals can redistribute their funds to the needs and comfort of patients.

New Tek Partners is a company that focuses on designing and manufacturing quality LED lighting products.  This means that issues, such as health and environment, shape the way they make their products.  From tube lights to screw-in bulbs, New Tek Partner’s LED products are cost effective, carbon-reducing and mercury-free.  If you are looking for a proven solution for safely lighting your home, street or place of business, turn to New Tek Partners for the latest in LED technology.

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Your Guide to Making the Change From Watts to Lumens

Most times, with new technology comes a new vocabulary.  Many consumers have gotten used to using “watts” to refer to how much energy an incandescent bulb will use when lit.  We can see the difference in brightness between a 60-watt and 150-watt bulb, but the term gives us a basis of comparison for when comparing across the different lighting platforms such as LED, CFL and incandescent.  For example, with the introduction of CFL’s, consumers had to get used to thinking about watts in a new perspective, since a 15-watt CFL bulb produces equivalent light of a 60-watt incandescent.  To take the comparison even further, a 6-watt LED is equivalent to a 15-watt CFL bulb. 

Mental lighting math, however, will become a thing of the past.  Now that regulations are changing in the lighting industry and new technologies are emerging, consumers will have to get used to new terms such as Coloring Rendering Index (CRI) and Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) to help standardize the lighting solutions available.  Luckily for consumers, to make this easier, the Federal Trade Commission has mandated a change in the packaging for all bulbs. 

Effective in 2012, the new standard for measuring a bulb’s brightness will be “lumens”.  Lumens will replace wattage as the reliable way to gauge a bulb’s brightness.  To give you an idea of how lumens scale, a standard 60-watt incandescent bulb produces about 800 lumens.  Even though a CFL bulb uses fewer watts to produce that same amount of lumens, you don’t need to convert since lumens refer to light output rather than energy consumption.  This means that lumens can be used to compare brightness of any bulb, without conversion, whether it’s CFL, incandescent, or LED technology. 

The good news for consumers is that this change in labeling allows you to better compare lighting solutions available and determine which is best for your budget.  Pairing this change in labeling with the emergence of LED technology and the phasing out of traditional incandescent bulbs, consumers will find it even easier to choose their lighting solution.

New Tek Partners can help ease this transition.  We carry a wide range of LED products to help familiarize you with the latest in lighting technology.  Our lighting products are efficient, durable and environmentally safe.  In addition, our products meet the latest changes in packaging and lighting regulations.  Let us show you how to save with LED lighting today!

Prices on the Rise for Fluorescent Lighting

A blow to non-LED lighting solutions in the market occurred recently when Sylvania, GE and Philips all announced that they were raising prices for their fluorescent lamp products, including CFL’s.  This is the second price increase in the past 3 months for these particular products.  This is due to the reduced amount of rare earth oxides that China is making available for export; a move that has led to the drastic rise in prices for these materials. 

Rare earth elements contain phosphors, which are substances that radiate visible light when energized.  An increase in global demand and restricted supply across multiple industries has been the cause for limited supply to the lighting industry itself; an industry which uses less than 10% of the Chinese export quota for these materials.  China’s economic growth is creating a greater need for them to use these rare metals for their own products. 

Overall, consumers can expect the price for all fluorescent bulbs to increase by 25% as of August 1, 2011.  These rare earth elements are also an important component of some incandescent and halogen products and will affect their pricing as well, raising them by as much as 10%. 

Consumers, however, should not worry about this price increase.  The need for fluorescent and incandescent bulbs has waned in recent years due to the emergence of LED technology.  LED bulbs are more cost effective and safer than common lighting solutions and do not utilize any of the phosphors or mercury that standard bulbs do.  A move towards energy efficiency has prompted companies to explore alternative means of lighting, thus making LED lights poised to take over the lighting market in the near future.

New Tek Partners is one such company that offers relief for those looking to part ways with their expensive and outdated lighting solutions.  With their cutting LED technology, New Tek Partners can offer lights that last up to 10 times longer, use less electricity and need to be changed less often than ordinary lighting solutions.  Whether you desire street lamps, tube lamps or simple LED bulbs for your home, New Tek Partners has a lighting solution to cover every need.

How to Lower Your Energy Bill with LED Lighting

These days, everyone has gadgets around there homes.  TV’s, computers, multi-use monitors, kitchen appliances and many other electronics that make it necessary to have power strips protruding from almost every electrical socket in your home.  Not every gadget is completely necessary for daily function, however it is nice to retain the ability to use your devices when you want them, while also being able to employ cost saving techniques to lower your energy bill.  Also, don’t forget: the bigger the gadget, the more power you will draw.  So how do you cut down on electricity?
 
A couple of common sense solutions spring immediately to mind.  You can start by turning off your devices when they are not in use, unplugging appliances when they are not in use and setting you’re A/C at an acceptable, consistent level.  Another common energy drain is lighting.  Simply turning your lights off when they are not in use, especially if your current lights are incandescent bulbs.  Incandescent lights use up to 6 times more energy (measured in KHW) and have a tenth of the lifespan of LED bulbs. 

While your common household appliances and devices are limited in how often you can change them out (because of the cost, convenience and material attachment), light bulbs are easily replaceable.  In the case of LED lights, due to their approximately 60,000 hour bulb life, the ease of replacement is increased ten-fold.  Using LED lights in your home means less bulb swapping and less energy usage and ultimately results in a significant savings in your energy bill; especially when paired with the aforementioned common sense solutions.

New Tek Partners offers LED lighting products which can complement the common sense solutions you implement around your home.  New Tek Partners even offers a free lighting audit to help you ascertain how much energy your current lights are using and provide you with an assessment of how much LED lights could save you.  With the way the lighting market is moving, LED lights are poised to be the future lighting solutions for your home; and with good reason: they will save you money and help you lower your energy bill.

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What is an LED Light?

With the current hot topic in energy consumption being LED lights and their energy efficiency benefits, some consumers might find that they are not completely familiar with what an LED is.  It is important for consumers to not only know that LED lights can save them money on utility bills and help the environment, but how the technology behind the lights allows them to do it.
 
LED is the acronym for “Light Emitting Diode”; a semiconductor device that produces light.  LEDs have evolved from small indicator lights to now being used for indoor and outdoor lighting solutions.  The LED consists of a plastic housing containing a cathode and anode, which are separated by a crystal of semiconductor material.  The anode and cathode work together to carry the current when voltage is applied.  The LED bulb is a collection of these LEDs, which need to be combined to increase the light output per bulb to a level suitable for personal use in a home or office environment. 

All the LEDs within a bulb have the same voltage and current requirements, creating a uniform device.  Besides this LED cluster, an LED bulb has other non-moving parts: Driver Electronics act as the “brain” of the bulbs and convert voltage; a Heat Sink acts as a thermal manager, keeping the bulb cool – unlike common incandescent lights: Optics diffuse the directional light, which creates a direct swath of bright light that doesn’t appear yellow, dull or directionless, like incandescent lights.  This technical superiority is what makes LED lights the perfection replacement for old incandescent lighting. 
New Tek Partners is a company that provides LED lighting solutions to everyone; from a new consumer looking to try a bulb in their home to an LED veteran looking to branch out and get creative.  Replacements for old screw-in incandescent bulbs, LED tubes, flood/wall packs and many other varieties of LED lights are available.  For those just getting into LED lighting, it would be best to take advantage of New Tek’s free Lighting Audit to see how much LED bulbs can help in your quest to save money.

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Even Governments are Realizing the Cost Effectiveness of LED Lighting

Consumers aren’t the only ones reaping the benefits of LED technology.  Local governments and state agencies are also learning that LED’s are cost-effective solutions that also have positive effects on the environment.  Recently, state agencies in both Washington and Mississippi are turning to the filament-free lighting solution to provide their cities with “green” lighting.

In Jackson, Mississippi, Rankin County officials, and those in the city of Flowood, have installed new solar-powered LED street lights.  This project will eliminate electric costs for Flowood.  Also, in the same area, the city of Ridgeland replaced many of their traffic signals lights with cost-effective LED bulbs over the last few years.  According to officials, a regular traffic signal bulb with last from one year to 18 months, while operating 24 hours a day; LED bulbs will last them around eight years operating on the same schedule.  Several more upcoming LED projects are planned for the area, which will result in plenty of future savings for the city.

Representatives in Seattle, Washington are already experiencing what those in Jackson, Mississippi will in the next few years.  They are already saving $300,000 a year.  The Seattle City Light utility is looking to install thousands more in the near future.  By the end of 2014, it is projected that the city of Seattle will have a total of 41,000 LED lights and will have cut operating costs by $2.4 million a year due to this change.  Last year, officials expected a 40 percent reduction in energy consumption.  The LED lights have actually beaten that estimation and are using 48 percent less than the high-pressure sodium lights they replaced.

New Tek Partners is an LED technology provider based in Pennsylvania.  They offer lighting solutions that are useful not only to consumers, but to governments and agencies as well.  Their selection ranges from powerful, screw-in bulbs for you home and office all the way to LED street lamps commonly seen in residential neighborhoods, parking lots and highways.  In today’s challenging economy, it's important that residents and government officials take the opportunity to stretch every dollar as far as it can go, while remaining energy conscious.  LED lights are the perfect way to do that.

Where can your city benefit from making the switch to LED lighting?

Overcome Lighting Pollution with Outdoor LED Lights

Indoor LED lighting is a hot topic in today’s energy efficiency discussion; however, the impact of LED lighting goes far beyond its useful indoor applications.  LED lighting can also be used outdoors in yards, streets, and businesses in the form of flood/wall packs and street lamps.  Like indoor incandescent lights, common outdoor lights are known to use most of their energy in the form of heat, as opposed to light. 

Besides wasting light, light pollution can have many other impacts on the outside world.  It is common for people driving at night to have to squint their eyes from the glare of high pressure sodium lamps.  That is because the light is directed horizontally, thereby causing an increase in glare and reducing clarity of vision.  LED lights direct all of their output downwards, avoiding the issue of glare and allowing drivers to see clearly at night. 

Another benefit to using outdoor LED lights is the lighting coverage.  LED lights have an increased coverage area which means you can install less street lamps and/or flood packs while receiving a greater coverage area than the equivalent number of regular lights.  Not only will this decrease the amount of energy used, it will also result in dramatic cost savings.  Like their indoor lighting counterparts, LED outdoor lights use a diode rather than a filament or gases.  This means that toxic gases, like mercury, are not released into the environment.  This same diode is also what gives LED lights the ability to emit a much brighter white light.
 
New Tek Partners offers lighting solutions to help reduce the impact of outdoor lighting pollution.  Their LED street lights are the ideal lighting to replace the outdated high pressure sodium lamp, which are prone to flickering and narrow light coverage.  Flood/wall packs also make for an ideal lighting solution to surround your home.  All of New Tek Partners’ outdoor LED lights feature full spectrum light, high lumen per watt consumed, wide angle of light, zero light waste, zero mercury pollution, low power consumption and no moving parts or filaments. 

These LED lights also come with a 5 year free replacement warranty.  With all of these benefits to LED lighting, it’s hard not to consider the impact that New Tek Partners lighting solutions could have on your lifestyle.  When surveying the surrounding area of your home or business, think about the effect that LED lights could have on your wallet and health, and turn to New Tek Partners for all of your outdoor lighting needs.

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A Comparison Between LED’s and CFL’s

Now that we know that the incandescent bulb is on its way out in favor of more effective, energy efficient solutions as mandated by the Energy Bill, the search for a new replacement is underway.  The two likely candidates are LED bulbs and CFL’s (Compact Fluorescent Lamp).  Although each may have their pros and cons, after exploring a brief comparison, you will see why LED bulbs are a superior choice.

• LED lights use less power - A 6 watt LED produces as much light as a 50 watt traditional bulb. The figure for CFL is close to 13 watts. This means an LED uses half the amount of electricity compared to a CFL. In the era of carbon emission controls, tight budgets, and awareness of energy preservation, LED lights easily score over CFL’s.
• Unlike LEDs, a CFL may require the replacement of the expensive light fixtures - CFL’s are less suited to be used as retrofits in existing sockets. Given that a CFL must accommodate an electronic powering device and long tubes, they are often too large for existing light fixtures. One must either do without the beautiful light covers or else change the light fixture itself. Any cost advantage that the CFL enjoys over LED is wiped out the moment one factors in the need to replace the light sockets and fixtures.
• LED lasts up to 10 times longer than a CFL - The long life of an LED means lesser recurring costs to be incurred to purchase new lights. This also means less solid waste to be disposed and makes this light ideal for hard to reach locations.
• LEDs do not contain Mercury or other toxic heavy metals - CFL lights contain a small amount of mercury and must be disposed off in accordance with the regulations for hazardous substances. LEDs, on the other hand, contain no heavy metal and can be safely disposed off with common waste.

LED light systems have a clear advantage over CFLs, and New Tek Partners provides a selection for indoor, outdoor, home, and commercial.  It is estimated that should LED products be widely adapted, it would slash the use of electricity for lighting by 88%.  The total savings over a 20 year period are estimated to be around $ 265 billion.  Moreover, LED bulbs and tubes could potentially help the US avoid setting up 40 new power plants and help reduce electricity demand.  These savings would go a long way in helping the US meet its commitment to the world community on the carbon emission reduction front.

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Phasing Out of Incandescent Bulbs: Part 2

With the recent move of U.S. manufacturers towards a phase out of incandescent bulbs soon beginning to take effect, many consumers will be left without a complete understanding of why this is happening and what other lighting options will be available.  This move away from incandescent technology is due to manufacturers complying with the Energy Bill, or federal Security Act of 2007, which mandates that household bulbs between 40 and 100 watts use 27% less energy by 2014.  Compact fluorescent light bulbs, otherwise known as CFL’s, are an alternate lighting solution; however, they are plagued with concerns of mercury contamination, flickering lights, safe recycling and incompatibility with dimmer circuits. 

This leaves LED lights poised to be the future of lighting.  Even so, some consumers may finding themselves asking, “Why is incandescent lighting not good enough?”  With incandescent bulbs, there is only a 10% performance ceiling, meaning that the incandescent bulb uses less that 10% of the electrical energy it uses to generate light and wastes the remaining 90% as heat.  This means that a good chunk of what you’re paying for on your electrical bill in terms of lighting is just wasted heat; not to mention that your air conditioning element has to pump this heat out, adding even more cost to your energy bill. 

Incandescent bulbs also have a short life span.  The high temperature that an incandescent light bulb works at means that the filament will expire quickly and cause consumers to frequently replace their lights.  This high heat operating temperature also carries a burn risk.  To put it in perspective, if you purchase a 6 watt LED bulb, it will produce as much light as a 50 watt incandescent bulb; this means a savings of 88% in energy bill lighting expenses, cutting several tons of mercury emissions from coal fired electrical plans, and saving millions of tons of carbon emissions.

Fortunately, New Tek Partners offers LED lighting solutions to counteract the negatives of owning incandescent bulbs.  Their LED bulbs offer up to 50,000 hours of energy efficient lighting.  New Tek Partners LED bulbs also give off virtually no heat, meaning no wasted energy or risk of accidental burns.  LED technology also does not utilize the wasteful filament that so often burns out in incandescent bulbs and causes frequent change outs.  In fact, New Tek Partners is so confident in their LED technology that they offer a 3 year warranty on all of their products.
 
When you make the switch to LED lighting, consider New Tek Partners to be your leader in LED technology.

Incandescent Light Bulbs: A Thing of the Past

Sometime in 2012, the incandescent light bulb, which many consumers use, will become a thing of the past.  These bulbs are being phased out as part of the federal Security Act of 2007, otherwise known as the Energy Bill.  Consumers should not worry though.  There will be more options than ever, with LED lighting leading the way.  The aim of the Energy Bill is to encourage the use and technological development of more energy-efficient lighting alternatives.  Common household bulbs that use between 40 and 100 watts will be mandated to use at least 27% less energy by 2014.  Since incandescent technology is not energy efficient enough to do this, manufacturers will be looking to new alternatives, such as LED lighting, to become the common household bulb of the future.

LED lighting is up to 75% more energy efficient, longer lasting and safer than traditional incandescent bulbs.  Compact fluorescent light bulbs are also another alternative that is available to consumers.  CFL’s are a type of bulb that is comparable to a more efficient incandescent bulb and a cheap alternative to incandescent lighting; however they contain a small amount of mercury and need to be recycled.  Over time, it is feasible that consumers will save thousands of dollars due to the switch from incandescent lighting.  Energy efficient LED bulbs not only last longer and require less changing out, their energy efficient technology also means that you will notice a drop in your energy bill.
 
New Tek Partners can help you join the millions of consumers that will help the country cut back on emissions output.  They carry a variety of LED products for all types of uses; LED tubes for your office, street lighting/flood and wall packs for outdoors, decorative lighting for special occasions and plenty of screw-in bulbs for your indoor use.  Not lacking in features, their LED lights are able to respond instantly to manual or sensor modes.  They are also 100% recyclable and transfer more energy into light, giving you 50% - 90% savings while reducing HVAC costs.  So when the Energy Bill takes effect next year, turn to New Tek Partners’ expertise in LED lighting and let them help you light the way towards greater savings and a more energy efficient lifestyle.

Where have you already started phasing out your traditional incandescent light bulbs for LED lighting?