Going Green With Soundwave

Soundwave is always looking for ways to bring the best possible technology and service to our clients at the most economical price available.  But we consider it a “double win” when we also get to do our part to help the environment.   One of the ways Soundwave Productions has gone Green is by using LED lighting to replace many of the traditional lights we use for weddings, corporate, or social events.

What ARE LED Lights?

LED lights use light emitting diodes rather than the incandescent bulbs. LEDs are much like incandescent bulbs except that they do not have a filament inside that can burn out. Instead, they are illuminated by the movement of electrons in a semi-conductor material.

How Are They Green?

Using up to ¼ the electricity as regular bulbs to use, one huge benefit of LED light sources is the absence of excessive heat and wasted electricity.  Let’s use a real-world example from the Soundwave Warehouse:

We’ll compare a Source 4 par light against an LED brick.

Both the LED and Source 4 are commonly used in washing (putting an overlay of color) on a stage or wall, but with the LED using 65 watts or power, versus the Source 4 pulling 550 watts, you can see the drastic difference in energy use.  Another side benefit is the heat from a Source 4 can be too intense for some of the locations that light elements need to be placed.  An LED light hardly emits any heat at all, so it’s perfect for most any application.

The power savings alone make LED lights a great use of Green technology, but there is another feature that makes LED lights much more attractive.  When you use traditional light sources (par cans, Source 4s, or Lekolites) when you want the light to be a certain color, you have to use color gels, thin sheets of colored polycarbonate or polyester.  These gels have a limited lifespan and need to be replaced frequently.  Because of the way LED create light, they can easily change colors with no use of gels.    There is no need to take hundreds of colors of gels either.  LEDs can create and unlimited number of colors.  With no gels, there is no waste.  And with life spans in the hundreds of thousands of hours, there is very limited need for LED replacement.

Soundwave cares about the environment and just added 35 brand new LED lights available for use, bringing our total of LEDs up to over 50!  LEDs are easy to use, energy efficient, and can do some amazingly attractive light arrays.  Who knew Going Green could be so beautiful?

Contact Soundwave Productions and ask about using LED lights for your next event or party!