Lighting up Weston luxury homes? Or, is it a Coral Springs real estate property where you will be setting up those strings of multi-colored lights that will change your electrical bill for about one month or so this year? Wherever you are hanging up the twinkling type or always on luminaries, there will be charge for this seasonal gleam.

Cost of Traditional Incandescent

Incandescent lighting has been lighting up the Christmas season for years. The incandescent C-9 lights bring many of us back to childhood memories of layering these large lights along rooftops, trees, doors and windows. To not put up these lights may make some die-hard traditionalists feel like it really isn’t Christmas. But, would the amount spent on electrifying the opaque or transparent C-9 lights change their minds?

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the cost of a Weston luxury homes, Coral Springs real estate property or even Port St. Lucie homes for sale decking themselves with a 6 foot Christmas trees that each had incandescent C-9 lights would cost each of them $10. This is if the lights stayed on for 12 hours a day and were turned on for this amount of time over 40 days.

The incandescent mini-lights strung on trees and outside roof trim on Weston luxury homes, Coral Springs real estate property, Port St. Lucie homes for sale, or similar properties would cost approximately $2.74 if left on for the same amount of time and days.

Cost of Modern LEDs

Now when it comes to light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs, these new guys are revolutionizing energy-efficient lighting. LED light bulbs only use 2-17 watts of electricity. When used in Weston luxury homes or Coral Springs real estate property, LEDS will save on electricity, remain cool to the touch and save on replacement costs since the lights last so long.

Another significant feature of LEDs, when compared to incandescent bulbs, that make them favorable is that the light is directional instead of being spherically. This makes it easier to direct the light where you really want it to go.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, a family buying a string of LED lights today could still be using them 40 holiday seasons from now. And when it comes to cost, LED C-9 lights will only cost $0.27 is used for 12 hours over a 40-day period. That’s it!

The LED mini lights would cost approximately $0.82. This is assuming 50 C-9 bulbs and 200 mini lights with electricity costing approximately $0.119 per kilowatt per hour.

LEDs are not just energy-efficient, they are sturdier and more resistant to breakage than incandescent C-9s. They also are easier to install than the older inefficient lightbulbs.

Cost Savings Overtime

It is obvious that home owners can save on their investment of LEDs lights versus incandescent. Calculating the cost over 10 holiday seasons, buying and operating incandescent C-9 lights would cost an estimated $122.19 for Weston luxury homes, Coral Springs real estate property or similar properties. Compared to a string of LED C-9 lights, which would total just $17.99 over the next 10 years, the savings are remarkable.

Reportedly, the U.S. Department of Energy projects that widespread LED use across the United States could save the country over $30 billion and 348 TWh of electricity by 2027. That’s equivalent to 44 large power plants (1,000 megawatts each).

When it comes to energy efficiency, there’s no contest.

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