Learn a little bit about how LED lighting can impact your business. Here are a few questions and answers about LED lighting use in the U.S. and how it can help your business save money and reduce your carbon footprint.

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2. What does LED stand for?
a. Light Electronic Diode
b. Laser Exuded Directionally
c. Light Emitting Diode
d. Lower Electricity Demand

3. Answer
a. Light Electronic Diode
b. Laser Exuded Directionally
c. Light Emitting Diode
d. Lower Electricity Demand

4. Early LEDs were often used as
indicator lamps for electronic
devices, replacing small
incandescent bulbs.

5. Originally, one common use for LEDs was digital clocks.

6. Now they’re used everywhere,
from street lights to display cases to offices & warehouses.

7. How can LED lights increase your health & safety?
a. Fewer headaches
b. Fewer accidents
c. Improve your skin
d. A & B
e. B & C

8. Answer
a. Fewer headaches
b. Fewer accidents
c. Improve your skin
d. A & B
e. B & C

9. LEDs have been shown to cause fewer headaches, due to reduced glare, hum and flicker.

10. LEDs help reduce
accidents in 2 ways.
First, because they don’t need to be changed
as often, you spend
less time up on ladders.
Second, they emit
better, more consistent light, making it easier to see and avoid danger.

11. In which of these places CAN you use LEDs?
a. In hospital patient rooms
b. On a farm where livestock is housed
c. In grocery store refrigerators and freezers
d. All of the above

12. Answer
a. In hospital patient rooms
b. On a farm where livestock is housed
c. In grocery store refrigerators and freezers
d. All of the above

13. LEDs emit less heat, making
them even more cost & energy
efficient in grocery store
refrigerators and freezers...

14. Because the cooling units will also
use less energy to counteract the
effects of heat coming from the lights.

15. LEDs are more
effective & efficient
for use in livestock
housing where
longer hours of
lighting are needed.
The durability &
reduced heat output
also make LEDs safer
(no toxic materials
when broken and
reduced risk of fire.)

16. How much mercury is there in an LED bulb?
a. 0 mg
b. .03 mg
c. 2.1 mg
d. 3.5 mg

17. Answer
a. 0 mg
b. .03 mg
c. 2.1 mg
d. 3.5 mg

18. LEDs contain
NO mercury.
In 2008, nearly
300 million compact fluorescent bulbs were sold, each containing about 5mg of mercury.
When you add it up...

19. That’s the equivalent of 3,306 pounds
of mercury, each year, in our homes,
and eventually in our landfills.

20. How much money could
we save in energy costs
each year if the entire U.S.
converted to LEDs?
a. $900 million
b. $250 billion
c. $845 billion
d. $16 trillion

21. Answer
a. $900 million
b. $250 billion
c. $845 billion
d. $16 trillion

22. Yes. That’s billion, with a “B”.
Every year.

23. Which lamps function
at peak efficiency in
subzero temperatures?
a. Metal Halide
b. High Pressure Sodium
c. Light Emiting Diodes
d. Induction

24. Answer
a. Metal Halide
b. High Pressure Sodium
c. Light Emiting Diodes
d. Induction

25. Fluorescent lights are designed to
operate at 77°F.
At lower temps they are less efficient and give off less light.
At very low temps they won’t start
AT ALL.

26. Because LEDs
are electronic light
instead of gas,
they turn on & off
instantly, at full
capacity, regardless of the temperature.

27. If every American home replaced 1 light bulb with 1 LED bulb,
we would save enough electricity to power how many homes
for 1 year?
a. Half a million homes
b. 1 million homes
c. 3 million homes
d. 10 million homes

28. Answer
a. Half a million homes
b. 1 million homes
c. 3 million homes
d. 10 million homes

29. We would save about $680
million in annual energy costs...

30. and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions a year...

31. That’s equivalent to reducing
the emissions from roughly
800,000 cars, each year.

32. By the end of 2014, which of these incandescent light bulbs will
manufacturers be prohibited from making or importing?
a. 100W bulbs
b. 75W bulbs
c. 60W bulbs
d. 40W bulbs
e. all of the above

33. Answer
a. 100W bulbs
b. 75W bulbs
c. 60W bulbs
d. 40W bulbs
e. all of the above

34. This is a result of the 2007 Energy
Independence & Security Act, intended
to reduce our energy footprint and
dependence on foreign fuel.

35. You might still see some of these bulbs
on the store shelves, as it isn’t illegal to
sell current or leftover inventory, but
over time they will all disappear.

36. How many incandescent light bulbs can be replaced with 1 LED bulb?
a. 7 bulbs
b. 14 bulbs
c. 42 bulbs
d. 83 bulbs
e. C or D.

37. Answer
a. 7 bulbs
b. 14 bulbs
c. 42 bulbs
d. 83 bulbs
e. C or D.

38. Incandescent light bulbs last about 1,200 hours. LEDs last anywhere
between 50,000 and 100,000 hours.
That means you’d have to replace
your incandescent bulb between
42 & 83 times
before the LED bulb burned out.
That’s a lot of bulbs.

39. How does more light affect a
lactating dairy cow?
a. She needs to eat more.
b. She produces more milk.
c. She’s happier.
d. She is sick less often.

40. Answer
a. She needs to eat more.
b. She produces more milk.
c. She’s happier.
d. She is sick less often.

41. When cows get
16-18 hours of light per day, they
produce
approximately
5.1 pounds more milk per cow.
LEDs cost less to run, and last longer,
making it more cost effective to keep the lights on longer.

42. True or False:
You’d have to remodel to convert your light fixtures to LEDs.

43. Answer
FALSE

44. LED lamps can be used in many existing fluorescent fixtures
with minimal retrofitting.