Country Club Plaza is being lit up this year in LEDs

The Country Club Plaza has decided that energy efficient LED lights are ready for the big time.
When the switch is flipped for the 85th annual KCP&L Plaza Lighting Ceremony this Thanksgiving, 85 percent of the bulbs will be LEDs instead of the traditional colored lights that people have been accustomed to seeing. An LED — which stands for light emitting diode — emits light when a diode is activated, while an incandescent bulb uses power to heat up a piece of wire to provide the light. The standard Plaza holiday bulbs use 10 watts each, while the more energy efficient LED bulbs use 0.46 watts each.

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