LED lighting saves energy and money in the exhibit hall

Sustainability Report #3

New exhibit LED lighting

Pam Petko-Seus, Ijams Curator, gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution of Stokes Electric Company and Lytestyles, which enabled us to install new, highly energy efficient LED lighting in the Ijams Family Legacy Exhibit. 

Thank you for helping us go green!  

LED stands for "Light Emitting Diode." Each fixture uses only seven watts of energy to produce 50 watts of light. We are running 15 lights and using less power than two of our old canister lights while beautifully illuminating a hall of exhibits.

    Benefits of LED interior lighting:

    • Emit very little heat and no UV rays

    • Bulbs have an extended life (50,000 to 100,000 hours)         
        which is 20 to 30 times longer than incandescent bulbs

   Five times longer than fluorescent bulbs

   • Remarkably low power consumption

   • Resilient, shock and vibration proof

Ijams Nature Center has a Sustainability Committee chaired by Dennis Hunter. For more information click Sustainability at Ijams.

Ijams exhibit with LED lighting