Lafayette, California, seeks bids for LED and induction streetlights

The city of Lafayette, California, seeks energy efficient lighting for its downtown business corridor. City officials are considering LED streetlights as well as induction streetlights for a deployment of decorative post-top fixtures. The city has issued two requests for proposals (RFPs) which solicit bids for the two different streetlight technologies. Funding for the project is through an award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.

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Tulalip Tribes of Washington install 165 LED streetlights from BetaLED

The Tulalip Tribes of Washington recently completed its first installation of LED streetlights. The project, funded by a $208,000 award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, was the first installation of energy efficient lighting on the reservation. The installation was located in the Quil Ceda Village, the business district of the Tulalip Tribes, and was focused on replacing all reservation-owned streetlights. Public works officials selected streetlight fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting of Wisconsin.

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Mill Creek, Washington, evaluates LED streetlights in pilot

The city of Mill Creek, Washington recently completed installation of a small number of LED streetlight fixtures which will allow the city to test and evaluate the performance of outdoor solid state lighting. Located in the Mill Creek Town Center, the eight decorative streetlights were manufactured by Philips Lumec. The pilot installation will be used to calculate energy consumption and test overall fixture performance. The LED streetlight fixtures replaced existing metal halide streetlights.

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Waukesha, Wisconsin, to install 1,200 LED streetlights from Cooper Lighting and continues to evaluate decorative LED streetlights

The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, awaits final delivery of over 1,000 new LED streetlight fixtures for a deployment funded by an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). City crews will begin installing the fixtures in November 2010, and anticipate finishing by June 2011. Waukesha was awarded $657,000 from the federally funded EECBG program for LED streetlights. Following a competitive bid, city engineers chose to install the Cooper Lighting Lumarc RC LED streetlight. Eventually, the city of Waukesha will install 1,200 Cooper Lighting LED streetlights using the federal funds

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Central Hudson Power approves rate tariff for new LED streetlight installations

In response to requests from municipal customers, Central Hudson Power, an electric utility in the mid-Hudson River Valley of New York, has issued a revised rate tariff for LED streetlight fixtures. The New York Public Services Commission approved the plan for the revised tariff in November 2010. Several communities in the Central Hudson Power service area have expressed an interest in installing the energy efficient streetlight technology, including Poughkeepsie, New York, which is testing LED streetlights in a pilot program.

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Mountain View, Wyoming, replaces all of its streetlights with LED fixtures from Lighting Science Group

The town of Mountain View, Wyoming, recently concluded an LED streetlight installation which replaced all of the towns existing fixtures with new energy efficient streetlights. The project was funded by a $127,000 award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. Total project costs were far below projected estimates, resulting in a partial return of the EECBG award. A total $49,490 was used for the 56 streetlight fixture installation.

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Wichita Falls, Texas, publishes vendor field test report and chooses LED streetlights from GreenStar and Lighting Science Group

The city of Wichita Falls, Texas has started the process of installing of LED streetlight fixtures on the city’s roadways. Last week, crews installed 200 fixtures as part of a 1,436 LED streetlight fixture installation which is scheduled for completion in spring 2011. The project is funded by a $777,000 grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. Following a competitive bid, Wichita Falls transportation officials selected LED streetlight fixtures from GreenStar Products, a Texas manufacturer, and Lighting Science Group, a company based in Florida.

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Lacey, Washington, installs 44 LED streetlights from GE Lighting

The city of Lacey, Washington, has initiated the process of testing and evaluating LED streetlight technology. The city has installed 44 LED streetlights manufactured by GE Lighting. The 200 watt equivalent fixtures are mounted at a height of 30 feet. The city of Lacey previously deployed a small test installation of GE LED streetlight fixtures on a shared use trail. The larger project was funded by a grant from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board.

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Allentown, Pennsylvania, installs 53 LED streetlights from Cooper Lighting and GE

The city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has installed fifty three LED streetlights in a pilot program to test and evaluate solid state lighting technology. The project is funded by the local energy supplier, PPL Electric Utilities. The city of Allentown is currently working with PPL Electric Utilities on a revised tariff to reflect the reduced energy consumption of LED streetlights. The utility is awaiting approval of the tariff from the state regulatory board.

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La Grange, North Carolina, to spend $194,445 on LED streetlights

The North Carolina Energy Office (NCEO) recently announced local awards of federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency projects in North Carolina. The town of La Grange, North Carolina, received $155,475 from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The EECBG program is administered in North Carolina by the NCEO. The EECBG award will be used to purchase and install approximately 345 LED streetlights in the town of La Grange. Town officials expect total project cost to be about $194,445.

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San Pablo, California, RFP to replace HPS with LED streetlights

San Pablo, California, has a current Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking to replace at least 85 HPS streetlights with LED streetlights.

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Boerne, Texas, tests and evaluates LED streetlights from GreenStar

Boerne, Texas, has installed eleven LED streetlights in the first step of evaluating energy efficient streetlight technology. The pilot installation is funded using city operating funds and is scheduled to be completed by mid-November 2010. The LED streetlight fixtures installed in the pilot are from local manufacturer, GreenStar.

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LED Streetlights RFP for Columbus, Wisconsin to replace more than 500 streetlights

The deadline for the Columbus, Wisconsin initiative to replace a further 514 streetlights with LED streetlights is this Friday, November 5, 2010.

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Rapid City, South Dakota, tests LED and induction technologies in streetlight pilot

The city of Rapid City, South Dakota, has installed 70 energy efficient streetlights in a pilot project. The initiative was funded by a $49,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. As part of the pilot program, public works officials chose to evaluate both LED and induction technologies. Installed fixtures include 35 LED streetlight fixtures from BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting, and 35 induction streetlight fixtures from Neptune Lighting.

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Los Angeles continues to set example for municipalities and drive LED streetlight industry standards

Now in its fifth year of installing and evaluating LED streetlights on city roadways, Los Angeles, California, continues to lead municipalities and establish precedents for the outdoor solid state lighting sector.

Crews from the Bureau of Street Lighting of the city of Los Angeles installed the first LED fixtures in 2006 to test and evaluate emerging, solid state lighting technology. The success of the initial deployment led department officials to pursue broader deployment of LED streetlights to counter rising energy costs, address ongoing budgetary challenges, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The city has also partnered with the Clinton Climate Initiative as part of its LED streetlight planning efforts. The Bureau has established a five year plan with the goal of installing 20,000 fixtures in 2010 and thirty thousand fixtures annually in the following four years. The city of Los Angeles has already exceeded its plan for 2010 by installing almost 30,000 LED streetlight fixtures.

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