Blue Springs, Missouri, participates in Kansas City Power and Light LED streetlight pilot

The city of Blue Springs, Missouri was recently chosen to participate in the Kansas City Power and Light (KCP&L) pilot program to evaluate LED streetlights in the utility’s service area. The additional participant communities are Gladstone, Liberty, Prairie Village and St. Joseph, all located in Missouri. The pilot installation totals 44 LED streetlights manufactured by American Lighting, Cooper, EcoFit, G.E., Howard Lighting, and Sylvania. In the city of Blue Springs, KCP&L installed four LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by American Lighting.

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Columbus, Wisconsin, to install LED streetlights from BetaLED with EECBG funds

This week, the Columbus City Council announced the winning bid for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funded LED installation in Columbus, Wisconsin. With a bid of $259,557 for the project, GEXPRO, an electrical distributor located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the low bidder. The total EECBG award for the project is $159,200 with the remaining $100,000 coming from local matching funds.

For more on the roll-out of this LED streetlight project read the New Streetlights article...

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News Update: Salinas California, Votes for LED streetlights RFP

Salinas, CA city council voted to issue an RFP for the purchase and installation of LED streetlights. The project is valued at $691,472. This is an update on yesterday's story, for the full story read newstreetlights.com...

St. Louis, Missouri, uses $300,000 EECBG award for LED and induction streetlight pilot

The city of St. Louis, Missouri, has received a federal grant to implement a pilot installation of LED streetlights on city streets. The city received a $300,000 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG), from the U.S. Department of Energy. The purpose of the LED streetlight pilot is to test and evaluate the performance of the energy efficient fixtures and determine actual functionality in field conditions. In conjunction with LED fixtures, the city is also installing and testing induction technology.

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Salinas, California, awaits city council approval for $691,472 LED streetlight installation

The Department of Engineering and Transportation in the city of Salinas, California, has submitted a report to the city council that recommends the approval of an energy efficient streetlight conversion project. The report specifies the use of LED streetlight fixtures as a replacement for existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights. The report is under review by the Salinas city council, and city officials expect a decision on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. The project will be funded by a grant from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, in the amount of $691,472.

For more on this 400 LED streetlight project, read the New Streetlights article...

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Smithtown, New York, uses $1 million EECBG award to install over 1,000 BetaLED LED streetlight fixtures

The town of Smithtown, New York, located in Suffolk County on Long Island, has initiated an ambitious LED streetlight installation program, which initially involves over one thousand energy efficient streetlight fixtures. This project, considered a pilot by city officials, is funded by an award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The award of $1 million will be used to purchase and install 1,100 LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting of Wisconsin.

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Baytown, Texas, and the Texas Department of Transportation test BetaLED LED streetlights

Baytown, Texas has deployed the city’s first LED streetlight pilot in collaboration with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and LED streetlight manufacturer, BetaLED. The pilot, located on Highway 146 at the Garth Road overpass, is designed to test LED streetlight applications on interstate freeways and highways. If the performance and economics associated with the LED fixtures is found satisfactory, installations throughout the state of Texas are possible. For the pilot installation, BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting of Wisconsin, supplied six LED streetlight fixtures. The fixtures each have 240 LEDs and are 291 watt equivalent fixtures. The streetlights will be installed on three conventional highway light poles.

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Washington, Indiana, installs 315 GE LED streetlights

During the first week of December, the city of Washington, Indiana, started the installation of over three hundred LED streetlights as part of a project funded by the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA). IMPA was awarded $5 million from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program for the purchase and installation of LED streetlights for its member communities. The city of Washington is installing 315 LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by GE.

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Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada deploys LED Roadway streetlights in pilot

The city of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, has installed nine LED streetlight fixtures as part of a pilot program to test energy efficient streetlight technology. An additional 60 LED fixtures are scheduled to be installed in a concurrent pilot project. The city is also installing an adaptive control system to determine the full potential of energy savings of the LED luminaires. The pilot installation is located in downtown Port Coquitlam on Shaughnessy Street and Broadway Street and will be running through December 2010. The project is funded by Port Coquitlam in cooperation with B.C. Hydro, the local utility.

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