Roseville, California, evaluates LED streetlights from BetaLED, Evolucia, King, Lumec, and Sternberg

The city of Roseville, California, is in the final phase of a streetlight evaluation program to assess LED technology on the city's roadways. The city is using a $50,000 award from the US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program to fund the installation of LED streetlight fixtures from five manufacturers. The pilot streetlights were installed on residential, collector, and arterial roadways and include decorative post-top and cobrahead fixtures.

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Mobile, Alabama, awarded $1.9 million in EECBG funds for LED streetlights

Using funding from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, the city of Mobile, Alabama, plans to implement its first major installation of energy efficient LED streetlights. City officials hope to use the EECBG award of $1.9 million to purchase up to 1,300 new LED streetlight fixtures. However, depending on bid responses, it is possible that the number of fixtures replaced could be higher than 1,300.

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Sandy, City, Utah, issues RFP for LED streetlight fixtures from BetaLED

Sandy City, Utah, is preparing for the third phase of a multi-phase LED streetlight installation program. The city has already completed two LED streetlight installations as part of a road improvement project. The first installation involved 233 streetlight fixtures from BetaLED, of Racine, Wisconsin, and the second installation involved 105 BetaLED streetlight fixtures. The third phase, which also calls for BetaLED fixtures, requires 38 new LED streetlights. The projects are funded by an award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.

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LED streetlights from EvoLucia and Philips Roadway Lighting win 2010 Next Generation Luminaires Awards

Commercially available LED streetlight fixtures from EvoLucia, Inc., and Philips Roadway Lighting were selected for awards in the “Recognized” category of the 2010 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) solid state lighting competition. “Recognized” means that the judging panel would recommend these LED luminaires to other specifiers.

Read the New Streetlights article for more details on the products and judging criteria...

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Kinston, North Carolina, issues RFP for purchase of 740 LED streetlights

The city of Kinston, North Carolina, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the city’s first large scale LED streetlight upgrade initiative. Funding for the project comes from an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award and is locally administered by the North Carolina Energy Office. The total amount budged for the project is $615,218 which includes the EECBG award of $499,500 and leveraged funds of $115,718.

See the New Streetlights article for the RFP deadlines....

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, uses $702,000 EECBG award to install Leotek LED streetlights

The city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama has initiated the implementation of its first large scale energy efficient streetlight replacement project. The program, funded by a $702,000 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award, involves the purchase and installation of approximately 700 new LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by Leotek Electronics of Milpitas, California.

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Topeka, Kansas, installs 409 LED streetlights from Spring City Electrical using $332,000 EECBG award

The city of Topeka, Kansas, recently completed its first large-scale retrofit of streetlights using LED technology. The project was funded by a $332,000 grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and was started and completed within two months during 2010. The LED streetlight project involved replacement of 409 existing 60, 80 and 100 watt metal halide streetlights on the Washburn Lane corridor with a decorative LED luminaire retrofit kit manufactured by Spring City Electrical of Spring City, Pennsylvania.

For more details of the Topeka LED streetlights project read the New Streetlights article...

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Department of Energy publishes detailed LED streetlight reports from Round 11 of CALiPER testing

The U.S. Department of Energy has published detailed reports of outdoor LED lighting in the eleventh round of testing conducted by the Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting (CALiPER) program. The Round 11 report makes available specific test results performed by CALiPER and features a side-by-side comparison of selected manufacturers’ claims and actual CALiPER test results. Some of the test results include correlated color temperature (CCT), color rendering index (CRI), and luminous efficacy.

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Island of Hawai’i plans 800 LED streetlight project

After recent passage of a county council bill, the island of Hawai’i plans to initiate a large scale LED streetlight installation in selected areas. The installation involves replacement of approximately 800 existing streetlight fixtures in the vicinity of signal intersections and marked crosswalks in Hilo, Waimea, and Kailua Kona. The project is funded by a $500,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant. County officials also hope to gain access to additional funding in the form of rebates from the state, if funds are available.

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Rochester, Minnesota, plans $225,000 LED streetlight installation

The city of Rochester, Minnesota, is poised to initiate a significant LED streetlight installation project on city roadways. The proposed project is intended to replace up to 300 to 400 existing 175 watt mercury vapor streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures. The project is funded by an award of $180,000 from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program combined with a 20% funding match from the municipal utility, Rochester Public Utility (RPU). RPU has budgeted a total of approximately $225,000 in funds for the purchase and installation of the new LED streetlights.

For RFP details and deadlines, read the New Streetlights article...

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Modesto, California, issues RFP for 730 LED streetlights

The city of Modesto, California, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the city’s first large scale LED streetlight upgrade initiative. Funding for the project comes from an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG), an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) program administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. EECBG funding for the city of Modesto was $460,000, although engineers’ estimates indicate that the project is valued at approximately $369,875.

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Indiana Municipal Power Agency issues RFP for 500+ decorative LED fixtures

The Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA), a wholesale electricity provider to 53 cities and towns in the State of Indiana, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on February 3, 2011 for the purchase of 503 LED Kits to retrofit existing decorative streetlights. The RFP states that over five hundred existing high pressure sodium, mercury vapor style fixtures will be replaced in this project. The project will be implemented by IMPA member communities.

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Santa Cruz, California, installs 125 BetaLED fixtures using EECBG award; additional installations planned

The city of Santa Cruz, California, recently completed the first of what it hopes will be a series of LED streetlight installations. The LED streetlights were deployed after city officials conducted research, solicited recommendations and performed photometric testing of existing fixtures. Funded by a $113,000 grant from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, the project involved the purchase and installation of 125 LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, of Racine, Wisconsin.

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Fremont, California, uses EECBG award for LED streetlight installations

The first of two LED streetlight installation projects is now underway in Fremont, California. The initial project, which is part of a larger roadway widening program, includes the installation of approximately 50 LED streetlight fixtures on Osgood Road. The second project, which is proposed for Stevenson Road, will replace approximately 260 existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED fixtures. Both projects are funded by the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.

For more on the LED streetlights project and announcement of winners read the New Streetlights article...