Orange County Landscape Lighting

TRU Landscape went out on a estimate today for landscape lighting. This estimate was in the city of Irvine. Irvine is located in Orange County, California. The customer wanted to get a estimate on the new LED lights. Like most people they had allot of questions about our company and the lights that we are selling. We explained that the lighting company that supplies our lights has been working with us for over 15 years. In Orange County there is hundreds of landscape lighting companies, so why use one company? It’s a simple answer, They have great service!

Orange County Lighting

One of the questions our customer had was, How efficient are LED lights? The simple answer is that the typical LED fixture will produce the equivalent light output using about 80% less energy. A great comparison is a 20-watt MR-16 lamp which is the most common bulb used in landscape lighting in Orange County. Compared to 3-emitter LED with high-performance optics, using about 4.5 watts, These two provide light output that is virtually equivalent in lumen output, color temperature and beam control. By installing LED lights we can use a smaller transformer. Which saves money. We can install more lights on one run, which saves money on wire.

Orange County Landscape Lighting

Another question our customer had was, How much energy would a typical Orange County residential customer save in one year with an all LED installation versus an equivalent one with halogen lamps? Considering an installation using 900 watts of halogen lamps, operated nightly for 10 hours, the annual energy cost at the local rate of $0.145 per kwh is approximately $476.00 The same system with the equivalent number of LED fixtures with equivalent lumen output would cost $95.00 annually to operate. Another factor to consider is that your typical halogen system would require re-lamping after one year. Your LED system has a average life of 50,000 hours or 17 years of use in the typical application.