Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, to install 350 LED streetlights

The town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, will soon deploy its first installation of LED streetlights. The project will be used as a pilot study for town officials to test and evaluate energy efficient streetlighting technology in collaboration with South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G). Funding of $500,000 for the purchase and installation of the LED streetlights is from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.


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Webster Groves, Missouri, issues RFP for Lumec LED streetlights and plans to install additional fixtures from King Luminaire

The city of Webster Groves, Missouri, is moving forward with a plan to install and update decorative streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures. The city’s first project involves a new installation of eight decorative LED streetlight fixtures and poles on Murdoch Street in the business district. A subsequent 88 luminaire installation is planned during the summer of 2012.


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Roanoke, Virginia, seeks bids for 190 LED streetlight retrofit kits

The city of Roanoke, Virginia, has initiated the process of testing LED technology in the city’s downtown corridor. The implementation process involves a series of pilot installations which will be used to test and evaluate energy efficiency as well as performance and illumination. Initial testing is being done on the city’s decorative post-top streetlights using LED retrofit kits. The city is currently seeking bids for the purchase of approximately 190 retrofit kits to replace existing high pressure (HPS) lamps.


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Rossford, Ohio, issues RFP for decorative LED streetlights

Funded by an award from the US Department of Energy, the city of Rossford, Ohio, seeks proposals as the first step in the city’s initial LED streetlight installation. The city of Rossford received a grant totaling $210,474 for energy efficient projects, which include efforts involving LED streetlights, traffic and pedestrian signal heads and school zone flashers. The grant is provided through an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) and is locally administered by the Ohio Department of Development. A portion of the EECBG grant will be used to purchase and install eleven new LED streetlights and poles.


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Melrose, Massachusetts, installs Osram Sylvania LED streetlights to meet city’s energy savings goals

A pilot effort focused on the installation of LED streetlights is now underway in the city of Melrose, Massachusetts. The the state of Massachusetts Green Community Program mandates that the city reduce energy consumption by 20 percent within the next five years. City officials feel that deployment of LED streetlights is one of the best methods to achieve that goal. The city will install approximately 80 new decorative LED streetlights on downtown Main Street. The LED streetlight fixtures are manufactured by Osram Sylvania of Danvers, Massachusetts, and will replace existing metal halide fixtures.

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Newport Beach, California, prepares for second LED streetlight installation

The city of Newport Beach, California, recently completed the first phase of a large-scale LED streetlight installation and is preparing to begin the second phase of the program. The initiative’s first phase included installation of approximately two hundred new LED streetlight fixtures on city streets and the Balboa and Newport Piers. Application specific LED fixtures, including those manufactured by Philips and GE, were installed in the different areas. In residential neighborhoods, the city chose to install decorative post top and cobrahead fixtures, whereas shoebox style LED fixtures were chosen for the two piers. All LED streetlight fixtures replaced existing incandescent and high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights.

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Monticello, Minnesota, tests LED streetlights from Sternberg Lighting and Philips Hanover

The city of Monticello, Minnesota, is in the process of testing LED streetlight technology on city streets as part of an energy conservation effort. The city program involves test and evaluation of fixtures manufactured by Sternberg Lighting of Roselle, Illinois, and Philips Hanover of Littlestown, Pennsylvania. The LED streetlights were selected by the town council following recommendations from the city officials.

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Ventura, California, uses $339,000 EECBG award to install LED streetlights

The city council of the city of Ventura, California, has approved a department of public works recommendation to purchase and install 500 LED streetlights. The council authorized the purchase and installation of LED streetlights manufactured by Leotek Electronics, of Milpitas, California. The LED cobrahead fixtures will replace existing, city-owned high pressure sodium (HPS) cobrahead streetlights. The project is funded by a $339,000 award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG).

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Madison, Alabama, issues RFP for decorative LED streetlight fixtures

Following multiple successful pilot installations of LED streetlights, the city of Madison, Alabama, is deploying an additional installation in spring 2011. The project is funded by an award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The city’s first installation of cobrahead and decorative LED fixtures was also funded by the EECBG award. For the proposed project, the city of Madison plans to install approximately 25 decorative LED streetlight fixtures.

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Aberdeen, Maryland, issues RFP for purchase and installation of Philips Hanover Lantern LED streetlights

The city of Aberdeen, Maryland, has initiated its first energy efficient streetlight project. The proposed installation includes the purchase and installation of twenty nine decorative LED streetlight fixtures which will be installed on city-owned property and will replace existing utility owned fixtures. The program is in alignment with State of Maryland energy efficiency goals.

The city was awarded $80,000 from a formula based grant which was funded by the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. A portion of this award will be used to purchase and install the new LED streetlight fixtures.

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Lake Charles, Louisiana, plans second installation of decorative LED streetlights

Led by the Lake Charles Downtown Development Authority Board, the city installed decorative fixtures, and both citizens and municipal officials evaluated and compared LED and metal halide technology. In addition to new streetlights, the Ryan Streetscape project has a “street calming” component which involves reducing the downtown thoroughfare to two lanes, widening sidewalks and improving pedestrian traffic flow. The city plans to install about one hundred new decorative fixtures in the downtown area of Lake Charles. The new fixtures will be owned and maintained by the city.

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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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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.

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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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Lawrence, Kansas, to use $209,000 EECBG award for LED streetlights

The city of Lawrence, Kansas, plans to install LED streetlights in its downtown areas using money awarded by a federal grant program. City officials plan to upgrade existing, decorative streetlights in downtown Lawrence with LED fixtures. The project’s funding comes from a $209,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The installation of up to one hundred LED streetlights will be located primarily on Massachusetts Street with a few fixtures installed on New Hampshire Street.

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First phase of $275,000 EECBG LED streetlight project in Huntington Beach, California, includes decorative fixtures from Sternberg Lighting

The city of Huntington Beach, California is in the midst of a first phase installation of LED streetlights in the city’s downtown corridor. The project is funded by a $275,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and will be implemented over two phases. The first phase includes the installation of approximately 50 LED acorn globe fixtures manufactured by Sternberg Lighting of Roselle, Illinois. The second phase of the energy efficient streetlight program will be initiated following the evaluation and analysis of the first installation.

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Image source: Sternberg Lighting The City of Huntington Beach CA has installed Old Town A850SRLED fixtures.

Auburn, Alabama, to use $238,427 EECBG award for LED streetlights

The city of Auburn, Alabama, recently concluded a pilot program to test LED streetlight technology for city roadways. The pilot involved both decorative and cobrahead streetlights in a field test which was conducted by a lighting consultant. LED fixtures evaluated included products manufactured by Relume, Holophane, Beacon, Visionaire and King. As a result, the city of Auburn is pursuing a larger scale installation of pedestrian signals, decorative fixtures and traditional roadway fixtures. The effort will be funded by an award of $238,427 from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.

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Pacifica, California, to install 50 decorative LED streetlights using EECBG award

The city council of Pacifica, California, recently approved the purchase and installation of 50 decorative LED streetlights for the city’s downtown business district. This project is the first installation of energy efficient streetlights for the city of Pacifica. The project is funded by an award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The total EECBG award was $140,600, of which a portion will be used for LED streetlights. The project was awarded to Heritage Casting and Ironworks (HCI).

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