Why Choose Energy Efficient LED Lighting?
Traditional to LED Lighting – The Transition
Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb about one-hundred-and-thirty years ago. Since then, lot of researches has been made on this sphere. The incandescent and fluorescent lights ruled the world for a long time. They are still in use. But the arrival of LED lights in the market has put an end to their dominance. And researchers predict LEDs will soon replace them completely.
The concept of LED lights was first known at the start of the twentieth century. So the history of LED lights is relatively new. The LEDs came into news mainly because of the efforts of Russian researcher Oleg Vladimirovich Losev. His research on LEDs managed to throw a light of hope on the future of lights but did not promise immediate benefits. Nick Holonyak, Jr. of America first invented visible LEDs in the year 1962. He made improvements on the work of Losev and became the father of light emitting diode. Nick was the first to work on the color of the lights and contributed the red and the yellow LEDs. He also increased the brightness of the lights to a great extent. Researchers in the recent times have come up with much more variations in color; also the use of advanced technology has taken the LEDs to a new level. But still the credit of inventing the modern form of LEDs rest with Nick Holonyak, Jr.
The LED lights have proved cost-effective. However, the biggest advantage with these lights is that they are much more eco-friendly compared to incandescent and fluorescent lights. They produce very little CO2. Therefore, we can conclude that all cost and energy invested for developing this technology is worth every bit as it is directed towards benefit of mankind. So let us hope LED lights make everyone’s future a lot brighter.
