LEDs
LED lamps are hugely popular and this type of lighting is showing no signs of decline. Energy efficient, long lasting and versatile, they are available in various shapes, intensities, beam angles and colours meaning they can be used for a variety of lighting applications, especially where creativity needs to combine with easy to install lighting effects. LED lamps give you a lot of light for your energy and they can be more than 10 times as efficient as their incandescent counterparts. Also, unlike some other types of energy saving lamps, LEDs can produce instant warm, soothing light the moment you switch them on. LED’s are the most expensive energy saving option but offer a very long life up to 50,000 hours, with savings made over a period of time LED lamps will easily pay for themselves many times over.
CFLs
The result of traditional fluorescent lamp making skills, compact fluorescent lamps have helped created a range of retrofit lamps that will directly replace incandescent mains voltage lamps. CFLs are available in a wide range of shapes and formats to meet the growing need for compact, energy efficient performance. They offer a comprehensive range of light source solutions giving long life, high colour rendering and constant light output throughout their life. Compact fluorescent bulbs use only about 25% of the electricity an incandescent bulb, but they cannot reach full brightness immediately it may take up two minutes to reach their maximum output. This is often seen as a negative, and sometimes people get this type of technology mixed up with LEDs. LEDs fully illuminate instantly. CFLs generally don’t.
Halogen
Halogen lamps are known for excellent colour rendering and a cool crisp white light. This makes them the preferred light source for decorative, accent and general lighting. Mains voltage halogen lamps operate without the need for a transformer, and can be dimmed: making them quick and easy to install, simple to operate with a subsequent lowering of installation and user costs, up to 30% with some lamps. Low voltage halogen lamps operate on step-down transformers, to lower mains voltage to approximately 12V and are also dimmable. High light intensity and long life make them an ideal lamp for accent lighting, task lighting and spotlight applications. Halogen lamps offer around 30% energy saving compared to standard GLS light bulbs and last about 2,000 hours.
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