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.

Why You Should Use LED Lights on Your Christmas Tree

Nothing brings out the magic of the holidays like a dazzling display of Christmas lights covering your Christmas tree.  While traditional incandescent Christmas lights are still very popular, advances in technology over the past few years have improved the available selection.  The right kind of lighting is essential for your holiday décor and the Christmas tree is the most important centerpiece. 

Typically, trees are covered with cheap, garish incandescent string lighting.  With the recent emergence of LED technology, clearer and brighter solutions have emerged to take your decorating to the next level.  LED technology is known for being efficient and with your Christmas lights up all month long, it is the best solution to help you save money during the holidays.  Another factor to consider is safety; with lights up on your tree during the day and night, there is a risk of fire. 

LED bulbs, big and small, are known for being cool to the touch and producing a bright light without giving off excess heat.  LED lights that are classified for indoor use are also available to use on your tree and with the lifespan of LED lighting lasting up to 20-times longer, you can use and store these lights for years without having to purchase new lighting.  Apart from the benefits of LED technology, you can also be even more creative by using LED lights that change color or lights that illuminate in different directions and patterns.  The added creative benefit of being able to use strip lighting and neon lighting also gives you the option of impressing your guests by updating from string lighting.

New Tek Partners can help stuff your stockings with lighting solutions for the Christmas holidays.  When it comes to decorating your tree, New Tek Partners can provide you with LED strip lighting and neon lighting to help dress your tree up in unique Christmas fashion.  These lights are safe and energy efficient and are free of visible LED dots.  Next time you are looking for new ways to decorate your tree for the Christmas holiday, look to New Tek Partners to provide you festive and efficient holiday 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.

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 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 – 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.

LED Lighting is Most Cost Effective Lighting Solution

Consumers commonly hear one main argument against LED bulbs: they are too expensive.  However, factor in that LED bulbs last up to 6 times longer, use as little as 1/30th the wattage of incandescent bulbs or CFL’s, and can offer a large dent in your electricity bill, and buying LED bulbs becomes more cost effective than purchasing new incandescent bulbs.  Although the cost of current LED products are higher than that of incandescent or CFL bulbs, the savings are recovered in the long run because your LED bulb will last longer, use less energy and ultimately result in less trips to the store for more bulbs.

As LED bulb usage picks up steam, new LED products are hitting the shelves at lower prices.  Certain new LED products will be priced for less than $15 and represent a new move to not only be superior to incandescent and CFL technology in terms of quality, but also in terms of cost effectiveness at the check-out counter.  As incandescent bulbs are phased out and LEDs take the forefront in the lighting battle, prices will continue to lower on LED products.  By 2015, LED lighting should hold around 30% of the commercial lighting market alone.  The upcoming change to packaging by the Federal Trade Commission will also make buying LED bulbs as simple as incandescent and CFL products.  No more need to calculate across lighting products; you will be able to directly see the energy efficient savings that purchasing LED products provides.

The trend in lighting is moving towards more widespread use of LEDs for residential as well as commercial use.  As LED bulb prices continue to go down, this trend is going to grow.  New Tek Partners is an LED provider who can help you save during the phasing out of incandescent bulbs.  They carry cost effective LED lighting solutions for residential homes and commercial use, such as screw-in bulbs, flood/wall packs, street lighting and tube lighting.  New Tek Partner’s LED GREEN technology provides a state of the art and cost effective product to this trending market.

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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Schools Save With LED Lighting

A positive learning environment is extremely important to your child’s education.  Most would not think of lighting being a factor in the learning environment; it not only effects how your child learns, it also affects the type of education that their school can provide.  Not only can children benefit from a stable, well lit learning environment; schools can afford to provide a higher quality education if they are energy conscious.  Reduced energy bills can free up need cash for other pressing and important requirements like buying new books, computers or upgrading teaching infrastructure. 

Close to 40 schools in Austin are saving $480,000 annually ($12,000 per school) after energy saving retrofits.  The Twin Falls school district revamped the energy systems of 11 schools and achieved savings of US $3.5 million per annum that works out to almost $319,000 per school. The US Green Building Council estimated that on an average a green school would be able to save at least $100,000 per annum. Translated into education equivalent terms – these green schools would save enough money to “hire two new teachers, buy 200 new computers, or purchase 5,000 new textbooks.” They further estimate that over the next ten years green schools could save $20 billion in energy bills alone. With over 95,000 public elementary and secondary schools and 29,000 plus private schools in the United States - the target seems to be well within reach.

So how can schools potentially reach these savings?  Lighting and heating are the two most important heads of energy consumption in a school, with lighting being the single biggest source of energy consumption.  As much as 50% of the electricity bills of a school are from lighting alone; however, despite this, lighting is also the area where it is easiest to reduce electricity bills.  Replacing incandescent and fluorescent lights with LED bulbs can increase energy efficiency by up to 9 times.  This means LED’s can achieve the same levels of illumination while using up to 90% less electricity.  Schools can also reduce their electricity bill by using lower wattage bulbs and de-lamping – which means placing lights strategically so not as not to lessen the lighting coverage.  De-lamping is also effective since LED’s provide better light levels through producing directional light.
 
New Tek Partners offers an alternative to the strobe-like effect of fluorescent lights in the LEDGREEN LED light tube.  Casting a calm, natural light, this LED light tube eliminates the inconvenient and potentially harmful flickering.  Computer desk lamps, bathroom lights and other bulbs of varying shapes and sizes are found throughout schools.  New Tek Partners provides a multitude of LED bulbs that can be used for such applications.  Next time you are in your child’s school, take notice of the lighting and think how it can affect their education.

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.

Where in your home or office can you replace incandescent lighting with LED's?

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.

Where can you replace incandescent outdoor light bulbs with LED lights?

LED Lighting Solutions are Mercury Free ~ Best For Your Health

One of the many benefits of LED lighting is that they do not use mercury in their construction.  But what does that mean for consumers?  Mercury is a known neuro-toxicant.  It stunts neurological development and impacts the cardiovascular system.  An alternative to LED lighting called the Compact Fluorescent Lamp claims to have less mercury than incandescent bulbs, measured at around 5 mg per CFL.

Additionally, because of this mercury risk, CFL’s have to be disposed of a certain way.  Why risk the chance of using a lighting solution with heavy metal?  With LED lighting, there are no worries with heavy metal pollution and no need to dispose of them in a special manner.  Using LED lights not only lessens your health risk, but it also lessens the risk of harming the environment.
 
If you’re looking for a refined lighting solution, then LED bulbs are the way to go.  They do not employ any mercury in their constructions.  They also emit less greenhouse gases that either bulbs or CFLs due to a number of reasons:

• The mercury released by CFL’s is 5.01 milligrams and that by bulbs stands at 4.56 milligrams over 6000 hours of operations. LED bulbs produce a minuscule 0.6318 milligrams of mercury in this time frame. This is 7 times less than either CFL’s or bulbs.

• They use around a seventh of the electricity used by incandescent bulbs and half that of CFL’s.

• There are no greenhouse gas emissions of reverse logistics as will happen in the case of CFL’s.

• They last for almost a decade compared to a year or less for bulbs and 2 years for CFL’s– the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport of LED's is obviously less than that for either of those lighting devices.

All of New Tek Partners LED lighting solutions are mercury-free.  They are safe for use outdoors or in your home or office.  New Tek’s LED lights are also 100% recyclable and come with a minimum three year warranty.  If saving electricity and cutting down mercury emissions is part of your plan, then look to New Tek Partners to provide you with the proper lighting solutions.

Where in your home or office can you replace incandescent bulbs with LED lighting?

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.

LED Lighting – Outdoor Lighting Solutions

When considering energy saving solutions, most consumers first consider options inside their home.  Replacing standard incandescent lights with LED tube lights, track lights, bulbs and other decorative lights might be the first energy saving solutions that a consumer considers.  However, outside of the home is of equal importance.  Numerous consumers choose to install high-powered flood lights, or street lighting, around their home for additional night-time security.  As with LED bulb and tube lighting, outdoor LED lights use much less energy and have longer-lasting life than traditional incandescent outdoor lights; they do this while still providing powerful and ample illumination. 

By using LED flood/street lights in addition to indoor LED lighting, consumers will not only cut down on their energy bill, but also won’t find themselves crawling to the top of a precarious ladder outside their homes multiple times a year to change out the lights around their home; on average one LED light is equivalent to five, or even six, standard incandescent lights.  LED bulbs also emit a much brighter and whiter light and can cover a larger area than typical incandescent lights.  Rather than installing a high number of flood/street lights around their home, consumers can simply use fewer numbers of LED lights and cover just as much area, or more.

New Tek Partners carries a variety of LED flood lights; all of which are free of ultraviolet and infrared beams.  Many shapes and sizes of LED street lights are also available from New Tek Partners.  All are equipped with a 5 year free replacement warranty; guaranteeing that there is never a lapse in the safety and energy savings of your home.  In addition to the clear, white LED flood lights, New Tek Partners also carries multi-colored flood lights for your entertainment or decoration purposes.  New Tek Partners’ LED Street Lights are an ideal replacement for high pressure sodium lamps.  While your children are outside playing at dusk, add to their safety and enjoyment by getting rid of the flickering or buzzing lamps that so often are found to be unreliable and unsafe.

Next time you are outside, keep in mind how many lights surround your home and how New Tek Partners can assist you with all of your outdoor lighting solutions. 
View the difference between an LED Street Light and High Pressure Sodium Lamp here:



How many outside lights could you change to LED's to save energy and cut down on your electric bill?