5 Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Tips

Outdoor landscape lighting is a simple but effective way to add beauty to your home. But when designing your outdoor lighting plan, choosing energy efficiency can help you save on your utility bills, while still packing a (bright) punch for your outdoor spaces. 

Gone are the days when there was only one option for indoor and outdoor spaces - incandescent light bulbs that used up energy. Today's LED bulbs are 10 times more efficient than their predecessors and can illuminate a larger area with a more energy-efficient bulb that casts a wider beam. 

Some of the varieties available include:

Traffic lights

Outdoor lanterns with electric candles

Tiki flashlight

Spotlight

In addition to LEDs, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are 4 times more efficient than incandescent bulbs. They must be protected from the weather, and when the weather is cold, their light tends to dim. Another energy-saving light bulb in the field is metal halide, which is 3 to 4 times more efficient than incandescent bulbs and emits a natural glow. However, these bulbs require preheating, so they are not suitable for any type of motion-triggered lighting in your yard. 

Another way to save energy and cost is to use low-voltage light bulbs for landscape lighting. Installing lights that are too bright can irritate your neighbors, make it difficult for guests on your property to stay safe, and can be dangerous to passing cars. Generally, 15 watts is sufficient for many outdoor landscape lighting applications. 

One of the motivations for installing landscape lighting is safety. To achieve this, while keeping an eye on energy consumption, invest in outdoor motion sensor lighting. These energy-saving lamps only come on when motion is sensed, and then stay on until the activity stops. 

Another way to save energy with landscape lighting in your home is to put your lights on timers and set them so they only come on when it's dark outside. Using them only when you need them gives you more control over when your lights shine and how much energy you're allowed to consume. Even better, use a smart hub to control your lights to save energy, while also remembering to set your light timers. 

A little consideration of the installation height of outdoor landscape lights can have a surprising impact on the energy saving of lighting. By placing lights at different heights in the yard, the light distribution is more efficient and doesn't require you to keep buying more lights to make up for dark areas in the yard. Effective landscape lighting includes different types of lights in locations that maximize their efficiency. 

These are a few simple ways to implement energy-efficient lighting for your landscape. Doing the proper research ahead of time to determine what suits the unique needs of your landscape will help you save energy and money in a way that your whole family can enjoy. If you want to buy or customize outdoor lighting, please contact us.

TFB Lighting is a professional custom outdoor landscape light manufacturer. The company integrates design, development, production, and sales, with a strong technical force, advanced technical equipment, scientific management and advanced concepts. TFB Lighting has always adhered to the quality of life for many years, strictly implemented the ISO9001-2000 quality management system certification standard, and instilled the concept of lighting as art to every employee, only better, not the best.