The number of white light LED products available on the market continues to grow,
including portable desk/task lights, under-cabinet lights, recessed down lights, retail
display lights, and outdoor fixtures for street, parking lot, path, and other area lighting.
Some of these products perform very well, but the quality and energy efficiency of
LED products still varies widely, for several reasons:

1. LED technology continues to change and evolve very quickly. New generations of LED devices become available approximately every 4 to 6 months.
2. Lighting fixture manufacturers face a learning curve in applying LEDs. Because they are sensitive to thermal and electrical conditions, LEDs must be carefully integrated into lighting fixtures. Few lighting fixture manufacturers are equipped to do this well today.
3. Important differences in LED technology compared to other light sources have created a gap in the industry standards and test procedures that underpin all product comparisons and ratings. New standards, test procedures, and ENERGY STAR criteria are coming soon. In the meantime, product comparison is a fairly laborious, one-at-a-time task.

Are LEDs energy-efficient?

The best white LED products can meet or exceed the efficiency of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). However, many white LEDs currently available in consumer products are only marginally more efficient than incandescent lamps. The best warm white LEDs available today can produce about 45-50 lumens per watt (lm/W). In comparison, incandescent lamps typically produce 12-15 lm/W; CFLs produce at least 50 lm/W. Performance of white LEDs continues to improve rapidly.

However, LED device efficacy doesn’t tell the whole story. Good LED system and luminaries design is imperative to energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures. For example,
a new LED recessed down light combines multicolored high efficiency LEDs, excellent
thermal management, and sophisticated optical design to produce more than 700 lumens using only 12 watts, for a luminaire efficacy of 60 lm/W. Conversely, poorly-designed luminaries using even the best LEDs may be no more efficient than incandescent lighting.

Trying this through live writer and if……all accounts are roped together.  Fingers crossed!

Individual energy independence is right in your yard.  Because Corporate and Government want to transition away from standard energy and into the rays of the sun they will do anything to get the consumer to “buy in” now in order to “tax you later.”  Staying ahead of “the man” is what we need to do as they cannot move as fast as the basic unit; the American Family.  Free energy is good energy especially when the big boys pay for it in the beginning.