Salt Lake City, Utah, to install 1,370 LED streetlights from Lighting Science Group

The city of Salt Lake City, Utah, is preparing to implement its first, large scale LED streetlight installation project. The city is using $850,000 of funds from an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award from the U.S. Department of Energy to purchase 1,370 LED streetlight fixtures. Following a competitive bid process, the city chose the PROLIFIC LED fixtures from Lighting Science Group, a manufacturer based in Florida.

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RFP for Stamford, Connecticut install 1,500 LED streetlights

Stamford, Connecticut, USA has an initiative to replace 1,500 existing streetlights with LED streetlights.

The funding is a combination of $500,000 from US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) along with $100,000 of local matching funds.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) deadline is 9th November 2010. For more details look to the New Streetlights RFP overview...

Federal EECBG award of $464,500 for LED streetlights in Jackson Township, New Jersey, remains unused

The planned installation of LED streetlights in Jackson Township, New Jersey, has been met with resistance from the local utility, Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L). The township applied for and received an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award of $464,500 from the U.S. Department of Energy and intended to begin a large scale installation of LED streetlights. The project has been tabled while city officials negotiate with JCP&L, a division of First Energy Corp., an investor owned utility.

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Waterford Township, Michigan, to spend $290,000 on LED streetlights and other outdoor lights

Waterford Township, Michigan, is preparing to deploy its first LED streetlight installation on the township’s municipal campus. Funding for the project is provided by an award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. An award of $290,000 will be used for the installation which includes streetlights, parking lot lights and outdoor lighting.

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Robersonville, North Carolina, to spend $215,111 on LED streetlights

The town of Robersonville, North Carolina, plans to spend $215,111 to deploy LED streetlights. The project involves the replacement of approximately four hundred twenty existing mercury vapor and high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures. Funding of $147,250 comes from an award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECB) program. The city of Robersonville will use additional leveraged funds to supplement the EECBG award, resulting in total project funding of $215,111.

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Danville, California, successfully installs 276 LED streetlights and plans for future deployments

Six months after completing the first phase of an LED streetlight installation project, the city of Danville, California, remains satisfied the performance of its new, energy efficient lighting and is actively pursuing funds required to install additional fixtures. The first installation was funded by a grant award of $168,400 from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The EECBG award is locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The project involved the installation of two hundred seventy-six LED streetlights.

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Kinston, North Carolina, receives $615,218 in funds for LED streetlights

The city of Kinston, North Carolina, is prepared to launch its first large scale LED streetlight deployment. The project will involve the installation of approximately seven hundred forty fixtures and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The Kinston project is likely to be the first deployment of a multi-phase LED streetlight initiative. The first phase will be funded by an EECBG award in the amount of $499,500 and leveraged funds of $115,718, for a project total of $615,218. The EECBG award is locally administered by the North Carolina Energy Office. City officials were officially notified of the EECBG award in early October 2010, and are now establishing project details and specifications.

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Cheyenne, Wyoming, evaluates LED streetlight technology from Leotek and BetaLED

The city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has started evaluating LED streetlight technology as the first phase of a potential energy efficient lighting project.

The city has installed six fixtures in a pilot project to assess and test the energy efficient technology and calculate potential energy and cost savings. City engineers are testing LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting, and Leotek of Milpitas, Calfornia. The city will eventually evaluate fixtures from other manufacturers.

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Independent testing laboratories qualified by the US Department of Energy to benefit LED streetlight community

The CALiPER program of the U.S. Department of Energy has established a process for qualifying testing laboratories that are capable of providing accurate and comparable performance data for solid state lighting, including LM-79 reports for LED streetlight luminaires.

The LM-79 report involves test and verification of total light output, voltage, current, power, efficacy, lumen distribution, CCT, CRI, and spectral distribution of a solid state light, The report also provides information about the testing lab and equipment used to perform the tests.

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Walnut Creek, California, installs 180 LED streetlights and plans to deploy more fixtures

Over an eight month period, the city of Walnut Creek, California, has installed one hundred eighty LED streetlight fixtures along Ignacio Valley Road, an arterial roadway. The success of the initiative has motivated city officials to consider additional LED streetlight installations throughout the city. The project was implemented in two phases.

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Clarksville, Tennessee, starts installation of 350 LED streetlights from BetaLED

In early October, the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, started work on the city’s first LED streetlight replacement project. This deployment is considered a pilot project to evaluate and test the new technology and determine the actual cost and energy savings of an active installation. The three hundred fifty streetlight replacement project is funded by a $250,000 award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.

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Galt, California, receives $188,736 for LED streetlight project

The city of Galt, California has revised its strategy for a planned LED streetlight replacement project. In May 2010, city officials applied for grant in partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), in addition to applying for a formula based grant from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. While the city did not receive the competitive grant in partnership with the SMUD, Galt did receive an award of $133,736 from the EECBG program. The city will use the EECBG funds in combination with a $55,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to fund the purchase and installation of up to three hundred LED streetlight fixtures.

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Oakley, California, to install 320 LED streetlights using $168,314 EECBG award

The city of Oakley, California, is preparing for its first installation of LED streetlights. Oakley will use a $168,314 award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program for its LED streetlight project. The award will be used to replace approximately three hundred twenty existing 100 watt high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures. The project will involve only city-owned streetlights, which are cobra head style fixtures. The city of Oakley currently owns and maintains a total of approximately five hundred streetlights.

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Asheville, North Carolina, to install over 9,000 LED streetlights

The city of Asheville, North Carolina, continues to make progress in a multi-year effort to replace over nine thousand existing streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures throughout the city. Asheville officials are currently evaluating various funding strategies to determine the best way to finance the $3 million project. The LED streetlight initiative will be a three year effort with several phases, according to Richard Grant, administrator of public works services for the city of Asheville.

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