1 Watt replacement bulb

As were becoming more and more energy efficient LED lighting is beginning to replace the old incandescent lighting. Energy efficient lights are no longer bulky and unsightly, we can now purchase LED bulbs to replace incandescent 60-watt bulbs but only use an amazing 6 watts!  

While the retail prices for LED light bulbs are still higher than traditional incandescent bulbs, customers are becoming aware of the power saving and long life benifits of LED lights.

An LED backlight offers several general benefits over regular CCFL backlight TVs, typically higher brightness. Compared to regular CCFL backlighting, there may also be benefits to colour gamut.
Back lighting a television can be a cost effective way to change the atheistic of you room and TV viewing. Back lighting a TV with RGB LED’s uses very little energy and by revamping your TV instead of replacing were producing less waste, which is surely better for the environment.

LED strip lighting can come in various sizes to suit the different sized TVs, from 9” to 48” strips and most kits come with a control unit which can accommodate 6 tubes, so upgrading is easy.

They are easily clipped onto the back of the TV and wires can be hidden so it would seem as if the TV and LED’s are one. Some models come with remote controls so once installed they can be operated from the comfort of your armchair. Other kits are sound responsive and are often clipped onto the back of TV's or sound systems.

However manufacturers have expanded the application of LEDs and they are used to light up kitchens, bathrooms, coving and all manner of areas around the home including gardens. As well as being energy efficient they are modern and last on average 50,000 hours making them a great long-term investment.

As quoted by Dr Rachel Oliver "LEDs have enormous benefits over standard light bulbs because they're a great deal more efficient, come in a range of different colours and have a very long lifetime. They are also good at saving energy too" -its no wonder they are becoming more and more popular. Its no longer a question as to whether they will replace incandescent lighting but when.

The government has already started the Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs to encourage more energy efficient alternatives.

LED backlighting

Easy to install and simple to use but with breath taking effects....

 RGB Colour Technology 

Our colour changing LED mood lighting kits use RGB colour technology, this is where red, green, blue lights are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colours. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colours, red, green, and blue.

The main purpose of the RGB colour model is for the sensing, representation, and display of images in electronic systems, such as televisions and computers, though it has also been used in conventional photography. Before the electronic age, the RGB colour model already had a solid theory behind it, based in human perception of colours.

Applying Home Theatre Lighting

LED mood lighting does look exceptional when applied to the back of TV screens and music speakers however customers have also used them for under cabinet lighting, ceilings, coving, back lighting mirrors, fire places and underneath beds. There are so many possibilities that customers are still surprising us!

The benefits of using LED

LED lights have been advocated as the newest and best environmental lighting method. According to the Energy Saving Trust, LED lights use only 10% power compared to a standard incandescent bulb, where compact fluorescent lamps use 20% and energy saving halogen lamps 70%

Ambient lighting plays an important role for our health and well-being. Both natural and artificial light have an important impact on our physiological process such as cardiovascular activity and our circadian rhythms or ‘inner clock’. This, in turn, influences our performance at day and the quality of our sleep at night.

It's good news when a corporation like Starbucks that has outlets on every city street corner and inside the most unexpected of businesses (why is there a Starbucks in my bank lobby?) says that it is switching to LEDs. The coffee chain says that it's swapping out conventional bulbs for LEDs in 8,000 of its stores. The swap will save each store nearly 10% in electricity consumption.

The LED light swap will cut energy consumption by about 7% at each store, and is part of the company's goal to cut total energy consumption by 25% by the end of 2010. With a company this size, there are a lot of ways the carbon footprint can be cut down inexpensively. As Greentech Media points out, even turning down the temperature on the hot water will help (there really is no need to steep tea in water that takes 20 minutes to cool enough to be drinkable). There's also the option of (gasp!) closing down a few tiny shops in favor of one larger one where real estate permits.

But Starbucks does care about how the LEDs look. The new lights are a special design from General Electric that meets the aesthetic and design criteria of Starbucks. That, on top of the expensive price tag of LEDs, makes this a bigger green move than it appears for Starbucks.

The company isn't often on this side of green when it comes to operations. A year ago they were in hot water for wasting 6 million gallons of water a day, all for a very lame policy for cleanliness. However, they have been trying hard to be eco-friendly, including starting BICEP, Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy, switching to hormone-free milk, and getting more serious about fair trade coffee.