We are in the midst of a lighting revolution.

The past decade has seen LED light usage soar in the U.S. as traditional incandescent bulbs went into the trash bin.

On the benefits of LED lights

“I think there are two touted benefits. One is how many lumens per watt you get out of it. So an incandescent lamp might be 12 to 15 lumens per watt, and depending on the LED you might get 100 lumens per watt. So that's a big jump. And the other is longer life. That depends on the application, but generally speaking incandescent lamp might last, say, six months in your home. These can last up to 10 years. So those are really big differences but there are other benefits that people don't talk so much about. They're easy to control. So you can do some fancy stuff with them whether you put them on a bridge or you want to have a disco. There's no filtering that you have to do. It will directly emit the wavelengths you want so you can have a red one or a blue one or a white one.”