Why should you choose LED Lighting for your business premises ? Many benefits included and also a example for you to take a look at.

1. Lighting accounts for an astonishing 25 per cent of the world's energy usage, so
it’s fair to say that lighting is also going to count for a significant amount of your
businesses electricity costs! Investing in LED lighting may involve spending a bit of
money upfront, but ultimately you'll end up making huge savings in the long
term, and enjoy all kinds of benefits for you and your business.
LED conversion advantages
LED lighting products have been around for a while but in products you may not
have realised had them and are consistently coming down in price. Whilst the
initial cost of converting has previously been a sticking point for businesses and
electricians, the benefits of LED for any business weights more than the cost!
 Lifespan - LED light bulbs can last up to 50 times longer than the
equivalent traditional light bulb, so you spend far less time and cost
changing them, and can reduce your stock of spare light bulbs too
because there’s no doubt some of you by 100’s of bulbs a year!
 Energy-efficiency - LED technology is dramatically more efficient, using up
to 90 per cent less energy than your current lighting. Traditional lighting
sees a massive amount of energy lost to heat, rather than being used to
produce light.
 Temperature - Given the lower overall light temperature of LED, converting
to LED reduces the risk of fire and can also lead to a reduction in air
conditioning costs.
How much can I save money by converting to LED?
Great question and the answer is one you’ll like! The combination of longer life
and lower energy usage means swapping to LED will guarantee reduction in
energy costs, whether you're talking one bulb or a thousand.
The Telegraph recently agreed that switching to LED bulbs will save you money
in the home. Have a look at the article link!

2. Useful example
To give you a real idea of how much you can save, we have put together an
example lighting audit, where the business is looking to benefit from an LED
conversion. Each of the bulbs featured is 'on' permanently - 24 hours a day. To
take advantages of this free scheme please go onto our website
www.ukenergywatch.co.uk
Current Running costs
Area Bulbs used Number of
Bulbs
Elec cost
Per Kwh
Total Kwh
Per Day
Annual
cost
Toilets 50W Halogen MR16 29 £0.120 35 £1,5240.24
Hallway 50W Halogen GU10 14 £0.120 17 £735.84
Conference Café
60W Incandescent
Bayonet
15 £0.120 22 £946.08
Main Bar 28W Fluorescent 2D 53 £0.120 36 £1,606.99
Total 109 £4,813.15
Post conversion running costs
Area Bulbs used Number of
Bulbs
Elec cost
per Kwh
Total Kwh
Per Day
Annual
cost
Toilets 5W LED MR16 29 £0.120 4 £152.42
5W LED GU10 14 £0.120 2 £73.58
Conference Café 8W LED Bayonet 15 £0.120 3 £126.14
Main Bar 14W LED 2D 53 £0.120 18 £779.99
Total 27
As you can see the total running costs are reduced by 76% offering an annual
saving of £4674.82!
Having made a great case for conversion on the basis of running costs the only
objection left is that of the initial costs, as the cost of LED bulbs is higher than that
of traditional ones. With that in mind let’s take a look at the cost comparison
over a four year period which is the average lifespan of an LED bulb, if left on
permanently.

3. Current on-going replacement costs
Area Bulbs used Number
of Bulbs
Cost per
bulb
Times
replaced
in 4yrs
Total bulb
cost
Toilets
50W Halogen
MR16
29 £2.00
16 £928.00
Hallway
50W Halogen
GU10
14 £2.00
16 £448.00
Conference
Café
60W
Incandescent
Bayonet
15 £1.50
16 £360.00
Main Bar
28W Fluorescent
2D
53 £5.00
4 £1060.00
Total Bulb Cost £2796.00
LED replacement costs
Area Bulbs used Number of
Bulbs
Cost per
bulb
Times
replaced
in 4yrs
Total bulb
cost
Toilers 5W LED MR16 29 £5.77 1 £167.33
Hallway 5W LED GU10 14 £6.20 1 £86.80
Conference
Café
8W LED Bayonet 15 £9.73
1 £145.95
Main Bar 14W LED 2D 53 £47.60 1 £2,522.80
Total Bulb Cost £2,922.88
Over the four year period a further saving of £126.88 which increases by a
massive £699 per year, on top of the initial electricity saving, is evident! And this
does not include the maintenance over the four years to replace the lamp that
is around £2000 So in total a massive £2126.88 has been saved just on buying
replacements over a four year period which is very impressive.
The figures are compelling with the only perceived negative being a the upfront
cost required, but such projects are generally done per area, which makes it a
lot easier to convert.

4. LED conversion conclusion
It’s fair to say that the up-front cost of an LED conversion remains the biggest
reason why most businesses and people are reluctant to consider making the
switch. Having said that, with dramatic improvements in energy usage, running
costs, maintenance and safety, the benefits to your business if you do are very
obvious. The government will increasingly start to penalize high energy users in
the future and this makes the decision is a 'no-brainer'.
Converting your lighting to LED can be done in very little time to your business.UK
Energy watch have helped some of the UK’s biggest and best companies
convert to LED, so if you want some advice from one of our experts for free on
converting your businesses’ lighting to LED feel free to give us a call on 01253
407592 and we’ll be happy to help or for more information go to our website
www.ukenergywatch.co.uk