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Thought for the
Week: "The true cost of any light is not the purchase price, but how much you pay annually to keep it
on"

Elevator LED
Lighting that Saves over $1,000.00 a year per elevator. Click Here for More Info
Savings are $1050 a
year, more than the cost of these new bulbs. Greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 2.5 tons a
year.

A South Florida Marina Replaced 250 Watt Metal Halides With Bravolight's 30 Watt LED MoonRakers
and Saved 48% on their Power Bill while also saving on Future Maintenance.
"New 60 watt
Moonrakers being tested after
production"


30 Watt MoonRaker
Environmentally Friendly: They are made
from non-toxic materials and can be recycled. No lead mercury, pollution or glare. Long Lifespan: an
incandescent has a life of about 1000 hours, a halogen about 2000 hours and an LED can last about 100,000 hours,
working for 10 hours a day for more than 13 years. 

Bravolight LED Lights are RoHS and CE Certified.

36 Watt Solar Powered Starbrite LED Fixture
This
is our 36 watt Starbrite LED fixture with a 90 degree beam and equipped with 24 volt DC input. It is
mounted on a 20 foot pole that illuminates a remote pumping station. It's powered by a 180W solar panel
connected to a 24 volt battery. The panel has a photocell to turn on the light from dusk until dawn and
provides ample light for the station even in harsh conditions.

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Significant Operational Savings: Energy & maintenance - saves
50%-80% energy over sodium, mecury & fluorescent bulbes and 90% over incandescent bulbs.
Durable: LEDs are able to withstand extreme
temperatures, magnetic environments and there are no moving parts. Save money & energy: As a rule, an LED
consumes less than 0.1 watts to operate. No Heat Output: LED's create a very efficient light source as they
convert almost all the energy used into lightEnergy Savings
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in the next 20 years, rapid adoption of
LED lighting in the U.S. can:
- Reduce electricity demands from lighting by 62%
- Eliminate 258 million metric tons of carbon emissions
- Avoid building 133 new power plants
- Anticipate financial savings that could exceed $115 billion
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are solid-state lighting components. They have no moving, fragile parts and can
last for decades. LEDs can be many times more energy efficient than light bulbs, depending on the application. Just
as vacuum tubes in televisions were replaced with solid-state components, the last remaining vacuum tube light
bulbs are being replaced by solid-state components.
Imagine a grain of sand that emits a very bright light, usually red, amber, green or blue, depending on the
material, when an electrical current is applied. That's essentially an LED. The actual science and manufacturing
process to develop an LED is quite complex, but the principle is simple.
The first LEDs for commercial applications were red. They functioned as on/off or indicator lights in electronic
devices such as VCRs, calculators, stereo systems and even automobile subsystems. Eventually, LEDs were produced in
green and amber as well. The major breakthrough came in 1989 when Cree, Inc. of Durham, NC, started shipping the
first commercially viable blue LED, based on silicon carbide. That blue LED enabled white LED-based light. Mixing
red, blue and green light produces white light.
Today, a more-efficient and cost-effective white LED light is revolutionizing the lighting world. The white
power LED, based on a blue LED chip coated with a phosphor, is bright and efficient enough to be used in general
illumination. Fixture manufacturers are making LED-based products for outdoor street, walkway, parking and
indoor-down light applications.
The first lighting-class white power LED was introduced in 2006 and followed up with the first lighting-class
warm (softer) white power LED in early 2007. LEDs are ready for general-illumination applications, presenting a
dramatically enhanced lighting option to save energy and maintenance costs as well eliminate the hazardous-waste
issues associated with mercury-containing light bulbs and tubes.
History of Light (& Heat)
The history of man-made light is based on heat. Wax, oil and gas burn to produce light. The filament in an
incandescent bulb heats up to produce light. Gas in a fluorescent tube is zapped to illuminate. The basic method is
"Heat it up, and it glows."
For more than 120 years, incandescent light bulbs have brightened and literally warmed our lives.
Electric-powered bulbs were a major improvement over candle, gas and oil light sources, but they are extremely
inefficient. Bulb-based light sources are far better at producing heat than light - up to 90 percent of the power
going into a bulb is converted to heat.
Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) are more efficient, and are an excellent alternative to incandescent bulbs for
Edison-socket light fixtures. However, they contain a small amount of mercury, making them hazardous waste when
they break or burn out.
In the past 12 months, a new light source has emerged that is sufficiently bright and efficient to be used for
general illumination. The light emitting diode, commonly called the LED, uses far less energy and can last many
times longer than most bulbs and contains no lead or mercury. Cree, Inc. introduced the first commercially
available lighting-class LED in late 2006. Lighting manufacturers are now producing a whole new class of LED
lighting products for general illumination.
LEDs are now ready for broad deployment across general lighting applications such as parking garages and lots,
streetlights and other outdoor installations. Indoor directional and down light solutions are also becoming
available. According to the University of California, Santa Barbara, widespread deployment of LED-based lighting
could save $280B in electricity costs in the U.S. alone by 2025.
By committing to LEDs in municipal lighting, cities are making a thoughtful energy choice that will greatly
benefit their taxpayers, visitors and the environment.
LED Lighting Features
LED Outdoor Lighting, LED Landscape Lighting, LED Home Lighting, White LED Light, Under Cabinet LED Lighting,
LED Grow Light, LED Outdoor Lights, LED Recessed Lighting, LED Home Light, LED Light Bars, LED Street Lighting, LED
Street Light, Track Lighting LED, LED Night Light, LED Flood Light, LED Garden Lights, Solar LED Light, White LED
Lights, Solar Post Light, Solar Outdoor Light and Commercial LED are all superior to other available lighting
systems.
The following lighting products are being replaced by long lasting (50,000-100,000 Hour) Led Lights:
Outdoor Post Light, Outdoor Lamp Post, Lighting Residential, Lighting Kitchen, Fluorescent commercial lighting,
Spot Commercial, Outdoor Flood Light, Decorative Outdoor Lighting, High Pressure Sodium Lights, High Pressure
Sodium Light, High Pressure Sodium, Sodium Lights, Sodium Light, Metal Halide 400 Watt, Replacement Lighting,
Lighting Landscape and Lamps Lights.
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