Using Landscape Lighting to Improve Home Security

December 20, 2007

Increasing outdoor lighting can help increase home security. The lighting helps deter criminals and allows others to see what is happening in the area around your home.

Although outdoor lighting can greatly increase the security of your home, it can also increase your energy costs too so it is important to select an energy efficient outdoor lighting solution.

LED landscape lights use approximately 90% less energy than standard incandescent lights and will last for almost 50,000 hours. Using LED lights for outdoor lighting will add very little cost to your electric bill.

You can also reduce energy costs of outdoor lighting by using it properly.
In areas where you will not need the lighting for entertaining, install motion-sensing fixtures or add-on motion-sensing switches. This greatly reduces the amount of on-time and increases the bulb life.