Lighting accounts for 19% - 30% of the electricity bill. Replacing old and inefficient light bulbs will reduce the cost of lighting significantly. It is possible to save up to £9 per year, per bulb, by replacing incandescent bulbs with energy efficient versions. From September 2009 it will become more difficult to find incandescent bulbs to purchace.

Unique Data specialises in making businesses more energy efficient, specifically in the area of lighting. We have a full range of energy saving dimmable lightbulbs so that you no longer have to sacrifice your mood lighting in order to be energy efficient.

Virtually all tungsten lamps can be replaced with compact fluorescents as the opportunity arises, except in some luminaires which use crystal glass to create sparkle. An ever growing range of compact lamps is available in various wattages, shapes and sizes. Many of these lamps have a ballast built in, or an adapter enabling them to fit directly into the standard bayonet cap (BC) or Edison screw (ES) lamp-holders.

CFLs generally have five times the efficacy and last eight to twelve times longer than a tungsten lamp of equivalent light output.

Compact fluorescents

Unique Data are LED lighting specialists, we pride ourselves on offering some of the latest high quality, fit and forget, high output, cost effective LED lighting options.

Unique Data also specialise in halogen lighting. Halogen bulbs contain a small pocket filled with a halogen gas, which emits a bright white light. They emit a greater degree of light than incandescent bulbs of a similar wattage and use less electricity. In addition, they have a longer burn time of 2000 - 3000 hours in total.

Older halogen units ran at low voltage and required a transformer and their output was limited to around 20W - mains voltage halogen bulbs are now available which do not require a transformer and have better outputs.