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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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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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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Beaumont, California, begins third year of LED streetlight use

The city of Beaumont, California, is entering the third year of LED streetlight installation program. This long-term initiative was started in 2008 and is scheduled for completion in 2011. A three year contract was competitively bid and signed with Beaumont Electric, an independent electrical contractor, to purchase and install the energy efficient fixtures. The city has already installed nearly two hundred King Luminaire LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by the StressCrete Group, located in Ohio, and plans to install an additional 32 fixtures installation in 2011.

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