Save Money on Your Electric Bill this Summer with LED Light Bulbs

This summer is off to a hot and dry start. Blasting those AC units is a definite must in order to survive the scorching temperatures this summer has provided. Finding ways to cut down on the electric bill is always a popular topic, but with record breaking heat throughout the United States and AC units constantly running, now is the time for some solutions. LED light bulbs are already extremely energy efficient and lower electric bills solely by using them. For example, a forty watt incandescent bulb will use forty watts per hour to illuminate, whereas a LED bulb of equivalent illumination only uses five or seven watts. Installing LED light bulbs not only cuts down on electricity costs because they require less power to operate, but they also reduce heat given off while operating when compared to incandescent counterparts.
If a home or building is outfitted with incandescent light bulbs, it will only add to the amount of heat emitted indoors. Light emitting diode (LED) bulbs operate differently than incandescent light bulbs in such a way that they emit significantly less heat, making for a cooler atmosphere. According to Novative Media, LED light bulbs use 80% of their energy to produce light, whereas an incandescent light bulb only uses 20% of their energy to illuminate. The other 80% of the energy from incandescent bulbs is transferred into heat energy, emitting unnecessary temperature and making them difficult to handle without getting severely burned.
The heat emitted from light bulbs is measured in BTUs (British thermal units). A BTU is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. This measurement is the standard measurement used to state the amount of energy that a fuel has as well as the amount of output of any heat generating device. All combustible materials have a BTU rating. An incandescent light bulb provides 85 BTUs per hour, whereas a LED light bulb only provides 3 BTUs per hour. Additionally, EnergyCircle conducted an experiment to measure the temperature of various types of light bulbs. They found that a halogen bulb, which is a type of incandescent bulb, operated at 327 degrees Fahrenheit. A LED light bulb operated at only 107 degrees Fahrenheit. LED bulbs contain an interior heat dissipating system making them cooler to touch and contributing to the emission of less heat energy.