LED Street Lighting : Energy Efficient LED Streetlights Generate Huge Cost-Savings.

Street lighting is one of the most important things that a government provides to its citizens. It is a pre-requisite for urban ambience, road safety and personal safety. It ensures visibility in the dark for riders, drivers and pedestrians which in turn help in preventing road accidents. This gives the citizens a sense of personal safety not only from accidents but also from crimes. But providing this amount of light to the whole city and the country as a whole affects the pockets of the government. But as safety is more important than the money, the world has come up with a way that saves the pockets and also provides the same amount of light. This effectual way is LED Street Lighting.

LED's are perfect for streetlights as they emit more directional light, meaning, the focus of the light illuminates only the targeted area. This is certainly beneficial, but the absolute gain in using these lights are that they are largely cost effective. One of the reasons for them being economical is that they have a lengthy Lifecycle. Studies suggest that the regular street lamps have a lifetime of 12,000 to 24,000 hours, which in comparison to LED lights is quite less, as they are operational for a good 50,000 hours, which is approximately three to five times more. The installation of a lighting system takes considerably less money than the operation of the lighting system. When LED's don't need to be changed as often, the cost of maintenance automatically reduces leading to the reduction in the overall cost.

It is time that these LED lights are taken into serious consideration and that our government takes measures to incorporate them in our country.