LED Commercial Grade Solar Lighting

If you are negotiation with a client who is uncertain as to whether or not LED commercial grade solar lights can truly meet their needs for functional and decorative lighting on a level equivalent to other sources, there is important information in this article that we recommend you share with your client.

We all need to accept that or the general public is understandably skeptical of any new technology, and since the media seldom details scientific advancement accurately or with any degree of true detail, it is up to us, the experts, to break down the complex into understandable explanations that the client can digest and use to make a quality decision. LED commercial grade solar lighting can meet the needs of any facility in any application—yet this is something most facility managers and business owners still have not come to terms with yet.

The intent of this brief essay is to equip you with some basic facts about the true value inherent in any type of commercial grade LED solar energy efficient lighting fixture, be it an indoor light or an outdoor light. Our hope is that this in and of itself will equip you to overcome objections you may encounter. If not, we have some additional services we offer to our clients (at no additional charge, mind you), which touch on at the end of this article.

OBJECTIONS CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY HEAR

Light quality
Some of your clients may still be under the impression commercial grades LEDs are only decorative in nature or useful only as indicator lights in computers and engines. The development of LED white light has changed all this, making it possible for both general purpose lighting and high-end lighting demands to be met by newer, improved, and ultra-sophisticated LED lamps and fixtures.

Thermal management
Many businesses and municipalities also believe that LEDs overheat too quickly and manage thermal demands poorly in comparison to other commercial lighting luminaires. Industrial clients may be especially concerned about this heat issue. Rest assured, and put their minds at ease as well, that this heat issue with LEDs never was what people thought it was to begin with, and is certainly not the case with commercial grade led lights.

Early attempts to fit LED lamps to standard incandescent lighting fixtures resulted in overheating. This was not the fault of the LED, but the result of placing new technology on top of older science incapable of handling it.

Cheap retail LEDs may still consist of such designs, which is why RLLD only sells commercial grade lighting LED fixtures made specifically for operating LED lamps at cool temperatures.

These lights are so effective they burn at lower temperatures to any other lighting source and actually have been known to cool building interiors enough that the HVAC works less and costs less to operate.

LED vs. Fluorescent
You may meet people who are already sold on the idea of the latest and greatest fluorescent lighting because they too manage heat very well and use much less power than incandescent.

LED commercial grade lights produce even less heat, require even less power than fluorescent, and contain no mercury that can damage the environment or cost an arm and a leg in disposal fees (which are increasingly required in many states due environmental waste concerns.)

LEDs are also fully dimmable and give you a broader spectrum of lighting effects if décor matters at all to your client.

Lighting Levels
Many businesses may be afraid that LED commercial solar lights might not shine as brightly as more traditional technologies. This becomes more of a myth every day.

LED Light bars in commercial indoor and outdoor solar site lighting fixtures now are capable of producing levels of light comparable to almost all HID fixtures, and certainly equivalent in output to fluorescent and incandescent sourcing.

Limited Applications
Some think too that commercial LED solar lights are small and can only be used indoors, or for limited decorative landscape lighting outside.

In actuality, commercial LED solar light fixtures now provide illumination from everything from city streets to parking lots and parking garages. Clients that were bold enough to invest in these fixtures have been pleasantly surprised, not only by the power savings they generated, but by the superior directional control commercial LED lights have demonstrated and by their negligible light spillage ratio (compared to 30% for HPS and other MH).

If you are still uncertain if any of these LED solar lighting fixtures can truly meet your client’s needs, call us first before giving up on green technology, and we will be happy to provide you with a photometric analysis and any all the technical information necessary for you to make a quality decision. This photometric assessment will show your client exactly how much light they need in every square inch of their property, what fixtures are needed to produce that light, where these fixtures will be mounted, and how much power it will cost to operate the system. This could very well be your strongest selling point for proposing LED, because it literally answers every question with mathematical and scientific fact combined with a visual that is easy to read and comprehend.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. We welcome will work hard to educate youm provide a design, establish a budget and provide the lighting goods to do the job!

Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including San Juan, PR (SJU), Isla De Vieques, PR (VQS), Fajardo, PR (X95), Erie, PA (ERI), Killeen, TX (ILE), Sheridan, WY (SHR), Casper, WY (CPR), Parkersburg, WV (PKB), and Escanaba, MI (ESC). We also service clients internationally, with lighting manufacturer representatives working out of Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America. ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

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Commercial LED Business Lighting

Although LED lights represent a significant front end investment for businesses, the multitude of features, advantages, and benefits this technology contributes toward savings on power costs and green building energy efficiency cannot be understated. Because of recent estimates that 40% of all the world’s greenhouse gases are generated by inefficient buildings, investing in new technology now may not only represent a progressive step toward human progress, but it may also soon become a matter of compliance with new legislation that will no doubt seek to curb energy costs associated with lighting.

Considering these facts, let’s begin our analysis of LED commercial business lighting by looking at how this technology specifically helps earn points that can contribute toward earning a LEED construction or renovation certificate.

LEED CERTIFICATION
LED lights for businesses are extremely important to any organization seeking LEED certification. Even though no single product in and of itself can certify a building as “green,” LED business lighting fixtures offer tremendous advantages that earn points for LEED certification on four major levels: energy and atmosphere, sustainable sites, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and process design. General contractors, architects and builders, electrical contractors, and commercial site lighting designers can encourage business owners to invest now in LED lights, assuring them that in the long run the money they save will both recover the procurement costs of the purchase and help recession proof their business by reducing overhead and accumulating a budget surplus. Also, earning points toward a LEED lighting certification can also help recession proofs a budget by preparing a business in advance for the inevitable changes that will very soon sweep the entire lighting industry as global concerns over energy consumption and climate change mounts.

ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE (1-10 Points)
It has been determined that for every 1 million Kwh in energy we save in the world, 777 metric tons of carbon dioxide will be eliminated from Earth’s atmosphere. LED's can make significant progress toward this goal.

Because LED business lighting is so much more efficient than incandescent and HID lighting, it dissipates less heat into space. Cooler temperatures in turn take the strain off of the HVAC system and help lower cooling costs. Another advantage that LED business lights offer is a much more uniform and directional form of illumination than do traditional lights. Because of this, lower levels of light can be utilized to meet minimal lighting requirements, thus further driving power costs down.

SUSTAINABLE SITES (1 Point)
Light pollution is a major concern in a growing number of large and mid-sized cities that are experiencing increased urban sprawl and an influx of job seekers. RLLD Commercial Lighting equips businesses with full cutoff LED site and architectural area luminaires, including lighting case studies to earn light pollution credit.

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (1 Point)
Indoor lights are always better when they are controllable and easy to set to desired levels. Because indoor LED business business ight fixtures are fully dimmable, they can earn the 1 point credit for lighting control provided they are connected to the correct type of controller.

INNOVATION AND DESIGN QUALITY (1-4 Points)
LED lighting represents a revolutionary source of technology that is environmentally friendly and extremely high performance. Any business that integrates LED light technology into its scope of operations can potentially earn credit toward certification on the basis of progressive thinking and proactive change.

ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS
LED light fixtures and lamps for business lighting save money not only on power costs, but also on disposal and maintenance costs. Because these luminaires can last for over 100,000 hours, replacements are very infrequent when compared to HID or, even worse, incandescent.

LEDs also offer the true pioneers in business the first truly viable light source through photovoltaic means. In the past, it simply was not possible to get enough solar power to light an incandescent light or HID lamp. However, since LEDs require minimum voltage compared to other lamp types, solar energy becomes a very real potential source of power that could truly change the world and end the energy crisis in the future.

Finally, because light bars in these luminaires contain no mercury, there is no toxic waste disposal fee, and many LED fixtures used to light business sites and interiors feature aluminum die cast build that is completely recyclable.

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LED LUMINAIRES AVAILABLE
RLLD Commercial Lighting supplies businesses with every available type of indoor and outdoor LED luminaire. These commercial lights feature unique fixture and heat dissipation technology that maintains operating temperatures at a minimum and enhances the precision of photometric distribution and overall site lighting efficiency.

All major site and architectural area lighting fixture types are represented in our online inventory. Indoor LED lighting for businesses can range from the purely decorative to the purely functional, or it can be linked to lighting controls and dimmers to blend elements of both function and form.

Call or email an RLLD Commercial Lighting expert how about LED options for lighting businesses more efficiently, economically, and with a greener, brighter future fixed firmly in mind. Check out our lighting examples and commercial lighting case studies.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial, commercial and athletic sports lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including San Juan, PR (SJU), Isla De Vieques, PR (VQS), Fajardo, PR (X95), Erie, PA (ERI), Killeen, TX (ILE), Sheridan, WY (SHR), Casper, WY (CPR), Parkersburg, WV (PKB), and Escanaba, MI (ESC).

We also service clients internationally, with lighting manufacturer representatives working out of Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America. ALBQ, NYC, LA, MPLS.

Commercial LED Lighting

LED lights have experienced major improvements in design, performance, and commercial application. For most of their history, they have been used mainly for display and specialty lighting. Now, Led’s have emerged as a legitimate alternative to traditional light sources in both general indoor lighting and commercial outdoor site lighting. This change has resulted from engineering developments that made it possible to produce white light with LED chips. These energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly lamps are now competing directly with every traditional form of fixture and lamp. Some experts even believe that LED lighting may actually become the dominant light source in the world some day. While there is no way to know in advance when and if this will actually happen, it is safe to say that led lighting is no doubt here to stay, and will only continue to both improve and penetrate new markets as concerns over lighting pollution, energy savings, and environmental quality continue to mount worldwide.

HOW LED'S WORK
The word “LED” stands for Light Emitting Diode. A diode is a solid state semiconductor that radiates light when a voltage is applied to it. While diodes have been around for many, many years, they did not make inroads into general lighting applications until very recently. This is because the LED lights of the past were incapable of producing the type of white light the human eye requires for the safe performance of tasks and the proper differentiation of colors. Early Led’s also did not produce enough lumens per watt to make them powerful enough for general indoor lighting and outdoor site lighting needs. All of this changed, however, when engineers created white light using ingenious modifications to existing LED lamps.

LED lights now produce white light by one of two methods. The first of these is known as “phosphor conversion.” A diode that emits blue or near ultraviolet light is coated with phosphor. When the UV light strikes the coating, it creates white light in a manner similar to that produced by a fluorescent lamp. Not only is the light output white, it is also characterized by high LPW efficiency and tends to be very bright.

The second method used in creating white light is known as RGB. Light from red, blue, and green LED lamps is mixed together in various combinations to form white light. This is the same way Nature mixes colors in the natural spectrum, so the light can be varied to a wide range of color temperatures and also “fine tuned” the light toward one or more primary colors if certain effects require doing so. This is highly useful in decorative and display lighting, commercial and retail interiors, and believe it or not, LED street lighting. (See our Article on LED Street Lighting to learn why).

BENEFITS OF LED LIGHTING
The benefits of solid-state lighting are too voluminous to discuss with any amount of detail in a single article. Briefly summarized, this new technology represents an energy saving solution to mounting concerns about power consumption. Commercial LED lights are also dimmable and compatible with lighting control systems, making them even more energy efficient upon command. Diodes are environmentally friendly as well because they contain no toxic gas, such as mercury, and they are consequently safer and less expensive to dispose of when they finally do fade out. Any numbers of color temperatures are now available for both indoor and outdoor decorative and architectural lighting.

OBJECTIONS CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY HEAR
Several misconceptions about solid state lights have to be cleared up first any time you consider proposing them to a client. The most notorious of these ideas is that LED lighting generates too much heat to be efficient in high-end or site lighting applications. This misconception actually arose from past, failed attempts to retrofit LED lamps to traditional fixture housings. Because filament-based and gas-based lighting technology differs greatly from solid state lighting technology, thermal management problems always from attempts to hybridize the two.

However, led lighting fixtures that are specifically designed for solid state lamps and light bars perform exceptionally well in the arena of thermal management, which is one of the many reasons that commercial Led’s last for up to 100,000 hours.

Another false belief that many of your clients may have is that LED lights simply are not as bright as HID lights and cannot be used to illuminate areas such as parking garages, streets, roadways, outdoor landscapes, buildings, and security perimeters. Again, this is a misconception based on stereotype, not on fact. While it is indeed the case that Led’s have been heavily utilized in the past for special effects, display lighting, and accent lighting for mood, theme, and effect, new phosphor conversion technology now makes it possible for Led’s to rival even the most powerful HID fixtures with less energy consumption and longer lamp life. For clients looking to recession proof their businesses like bowling alleys in uncertain times, the ability to cut power costs and redirect funding normally set aside for lighting maintenance and replacements can only make your proposal look more attractive at the end of the day.

The most important thing to point out to cautious, of not fearful clients, is that a 40%-70% savings on their energy budget represents a complete recovering of the initial price of purchase and functions as a form of recession-proofing businesses, small business office buildings, municipal governments, nonprofits, and academic institutions alike.

ASK AN EXPERT FOR COMPLIMENTARY HELP DEVELOPING YOUR PROPOSAL
Knowledge is only power when it is based on reality, not speculation or hearsay. RLLD Commercial Lighting experts know the facts about LED and will share them freely with all clients and serious inquirers. Detailed information can always be obtained by calling an RLLD Commercial Lighting expert for free technical documentation on any type of LED lighting fixture or lamp you might be considering as a line item to your proposal.

WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT BUYING LED LIGHTING?
RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial & commercial outdoor lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking in our growing list of lighting case studies call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you.

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