Lower Southampton Township, Pennsylvania, issues RFP for 300 LED streetlights

The Township of Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase and installation of up to three hundred LED streetlights. The Township project is funded by a grant through the Reinvestment Development Authority Casino Grant (RDACG). Funds for the grants are generated from electronic game and slot machine revenue from regional casinos. The Lower Southampton LED streetlight project is valued at approximately $250,000.

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Fairbanks, Alaska, issues RFP for 800 LED streetlights

The Alaska Department of Transportation has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a large-scale deployment of LED streetlights for the cities of Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska. The project is funded by the state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and has an estimated value of $1.5 million.  The project involves the conversion of 800 high pressure sodium (HPS) cobrahead streetlights to LED cobrahead streetlights within the Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System (FMATS) area.


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Solano County, California, seeks bidders for LED streetlight replacement program

Solano County, California, will use a $112,319 federal grant to replace existing streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures.

As part of an Energy Assistance Technology Program (EATP), Solano County received a $112,319 grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The state program is locally administered by the California Energy Commission. The project involves the purchase of approximately 50 pole-mounted LED fixtures as well as parking garage fixtures.

Wrangell, Alaska, issues invitation to bid for GE Evolve LED streetlights after evaluating lights from different vendors

The city and borough of Wrangell, Alaska, recently completed a test installation of LED streetlights in anticipation of a city-wide streetlight replacement project. City crews installed LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, GE, Leotek and Lighting Science Group and evaluated fixture function, performance and appearance. As a result of the pilot program, the electrical department chose the GE Evolve LED streetlight fixture as having the best design and performance that best matched to the municipality’s needs. The proposed 312 streetlight installation is funded by combined grants of $146,000 from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.


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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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Washington, D.C., prepares to launch $1 million LED streetlight installation with Lighting Science Group fixtures

The District of Columbia is preparing to launch a large scale streetlight replacement project which is scheduled to begin in early 2011. This initial LED streetlight deployment is funded by a $1 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The installation will involve replacement of over than 1,000 existing 150 watt mercury vapor streetlights with energy efficient LED streetlight fixtures and will focus primarily on alley lighting. The Washington, D.C., Department of Transportation (DDOT) selected the LSR-2 LED streetlight fixture manufactured by Lighting Science Group (LSG) of Florida.

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Washington, D.C., seeks LED streetlight fixtures for testing and evaluation

Washington, D.C., is initiating a new phase of testing and evaluation of LED streetlights for future installations. This second phase of testing by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) follows passage of legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia which calls for more extensive testing of LED fixtures in traditional and decorative pedestrian applications.

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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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Salt Lake City, Utah, to install 1,370 LED streetlights from Lighting Science Group

The city of Salt Lake City, Utah, is preparing to implement its first, large scale LED streetlight installation project. The city is using $850,000 of funds from an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award from the U.S. Department of Energy to purchase 1,370 LED streetlight fixtures. Following a competitive bid process, the city chose the PROLIFIC LED fixtures from Lighting Science Group, a manufacturer based in Florida.

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