Last year we went out and bought about 10 sets of LED Christmas lights for the display as an experiment and the lights were really, really, striking it was a noticeable difference The new LED lights will consume 10 times less energy than the incandescent lights they are replacing. Our goal is to eventually replace all of our Christmas lights with LEDs, which should result in a substantial savings to the county, said Diane McNeil, executive director of the Potter Park Zoological Society.
The zoo plans to replace 120 incandescent mini light sets with new multi-colored LED Christmas lights. The new LED replacements will consume 37.8 kilowatt hours of electricity during the estimated 90 hours that the lights will be illuminated. By comparison, the old incandescent lights consumed 378 kilowatt hours. The saving will allow the zoo to use the money to fund other zoo activities.
Last year we went out and bought about 10 sets of LED Christmas lights for the display as an experiment and the lights were really, really, striking it was a noticeable difference, McNeil said. Switching to LED Christmas lights is the more environmentally friendly choice for holiday lighting, McNeil said. Our organization is trying to do everything that we can do for conservation and the environment and this is one good way we can do that, McNeil said.
LEDs consume between 80 to 90 percent less electricity than standard incandescent lights and last about 10 times longer. This creates less waste since the lights won t have to be replaced as often. The zoo purchased the LED Christmas lights from HolidayLEDs.com, an e-commerce company located in Jackson, Mich. which specializes in LED Christmas and energy-efficient decorative lighting.