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If you’re a facility maintenance professional, you know how expensive energy costs from lighting can get. While more industries are shifting to modern, energy-efficient LED lighting, many operators and managers aren’t quite sure what LEDs bring to the table and whether they’re a better investment than CFLs.

To help you decide when making the switch, here are six reasons your facility in [city] should be using LEDs today.

1. Energy Efficiency

Outstanding energy efficiency is perhaps the single biggest benefit offered by LED lighting. And given how cheap industrial LED lighting has become over the last few years, you can usually recoup your investment in a year or less. LEDs use about 80 percent less power than a halogen equivalent, providing the same quality and brightness of light.

2. Better Working Conditions

Multiple studies have found a correlation between light and productivity. In a nutshell, better light creates better, not to mention safer, working conditions, which, in turn, helps employees stay productive.

And unlike CFLs, which are known to produce a humming sound that can distract workers, LEDs are completely quiet and rarely flicker unless defective. With an LED light bulb, you can rest assured that your lights will work as advertised.

3. Ideal for Outdoor Use

If you need light bulbs to illuminate your building’s exteriors and outdoor spaces, LEDs are perfect for the job. LEDs rated for outdoor applications are specifically designed to resist changes in temperature and different kinds of weather conditions, including rain, snow, and extreme heat.

4. Wide Selection of Industrial Lights

LED light bulbs for industrial use are available in all kinds of sizes, brightness, styles, and applications, ranging from bay lighting to task lights for individual desks and workstations. Not to mention you also have LEDs that come in all kinds of color temperatures, from daylight to warm white. You can even find LEDs with “smart” features such as dimming, sensors, and timers.

5. Low Maintenance Demands

Not only do LED lights reduce your energy consumption, they also lower your lighting maintenance costs. Many LED light bulbs have a rated life of up to 50,000 hours. That’s roughly 50 times longer than a standard incandescent bulb, around 25 times longer than a halogen lamp, and between 8 to 10 times longer than a CFL. Assuming that it’s used 12 hours a day, an industrial LED bulb with a 50,000-hour lifespan should last at least 17 years. That means you can reduce your spending on light bulb replacements.

6. Consistent Light Quality

LED light bulbs are designed to have the same quality of light throughout their rated lifespan. In fact, an LED rated for 50,000 hours won’t necessarily go out. Instead, it begins to lose brightness until it is no longer practical to use. Because LEDs use microchip technology to produce a light, as opposed to a heated filament, this allows the bulbs to maintain their light quality more effectively.

These are just some of the benefits you can get when switching over to industrial LEDs. However, it’s important to look for LED brands specializing in industrial applications, as not all LEDs are built the same way.

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