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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San Francisco, California, issues RFP for study of wireless controls for LED streetlights

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) of the city of San Francisco, California, is planning to implement a pilot project to test wireless control and communications systems for LED streetlights. This pilot project will be used to assess the potential of adaptive controls in conjunction with LED streetlights and other devices, as part of the city’s large-scale plan to convert 18,500 high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights to LED streetlights.


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Baldwin City, Kansas, issues RFP for Relume and Philips LED streetlights

The city of Baldwin City, Kansas, seeks bids for a pilot installation of LED streetlights.

The project is funded by a $100,000 prize which the city was awarded as part of the state of Kansas’s “Take Charge Challenge.” The competition encouraged cities to focus on reducing energy consumption throughout their communities through energy audits and a switch to energy efficient lighting. Baldwin City will use a portion of the award to install approximately 83 LED streetlight fixtures, including decorative post-top fixtures and cobrahead fixtures.

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Southwold, Ontario, seeks bids for Philips Lumec LED streetlights

The township of Southwold, Ontario, Canada, seeks bids for a pilot installation of LED streetlights.

An aging streetlight system in Southwold led township officials to reassess municipal illumination and streetlighting needs. The township council, based in part on citizen complaints, investigated several alternatives, including LED streetlights, as potential upgrades to the system. Officials expect to implement a comprehensive streetlight upgrade program over several years. The pilot installation that was recently approved involves the purchase and installation of up to 36 Philips Lumec LED fixtures.

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Chester, Pennsylvania, issues RFP for 23 LED streetlights

The city of Chester, Pennsylvania, is pursuing its first installation of LED streetlights as part of the city’s economic development authority’s action plan. The project is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The total funding for energy efficient streetlight lighting and traffic signals is $156,000. The EECBG grant is locally administered by the Pennsylvania Energy Office.


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Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities seeks bids for 837 LED streetlights

The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU), an organization which serves over 500 municipal utilities in Iowa, seeks bidders for 837 LED streetlights for a number of Iowa communities.

The IAMU has been actively working with its member organizations to promote the implementation and use of LED streetlights because of the technology’s energy efficiency and performance benefits. A significant number of IAMU member communities were recipients of federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds, which are locally administered by the Iowa Office of Energy Independence. To maximize purchasing power, the IAMU is assisting interested member communities in combining grant awards for the purchase of LED streetlights. IAMU has issued a Request for Proposals for the purchase of 837 LED streetlight fixtures.

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Palo Alto, California, seeks bids for 2,655 LED streetlight fixtures

The city of Palo Alto, California, has issued an Invitation to Bid for the removal of existing high pressure sodium (HPS) cobrahead streetlights and the subsequent supply and installation of LED streetlights. The projected number of LED streetlights is estimated to be 2,655 and bids may only include fixtures manufactured by GE, Philips, Cooper, Leotek or approved equivalents. Photometric requirements include a correlated color temperature (CCT) of 4300+/-300 Kelvin and a color rendering index (CRI) greater than or equal to 70.


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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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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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Stevens Point, Wisconsin, installs BetaLED streetlights and issues RFP specifying Philips Hadco fixtures for deployment’s next phase

The city of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, recently completed an installation of new LED streetlight fixtures on the city’s roadways. The city replaced 331 existing 250 watt high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting of Racine, Wisconsin. City officials selected principal arterial, minor arterial and collector roadways for the new streetlights. The project was completed in February 2011.

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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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Chico, California, to install 1,100 LED streetlights from BetaLED

The city of Chico, California, is poised to begin its first large-scale LED streetlight installation. The city plans to convert 1,100 existing high pressure sodium (HPS) cobra head streetlights with LED fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting of Racine, Wisconsin. The project is funded by a $650,000 award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and will incorporate energy efficiency rebates from local utility, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).

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McKinney, Texas, uses $90,000 EECBG award to purchase LED streetlights from Philips Hadco

The city of McKinney, Texas, has initiated the process of converting existing streetlights to LED technology. Up to 97 city-owned, high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights will be replaced with Philips Hadco LED fixtures. The city was awarded $90,000 from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The award is locally administered by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO).

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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.

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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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Kingman, Arizona, to install 425 LED streetlights from Philips using EECBG funds

The city council of Kingman, Arizona, recently approved a proposal to install LED streetlights on a portion of the city’s commercial corridor. The project will be funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The federal award is $155,000, but project costs are estimated at approximately $255,000. The project was awarded to ESSCO Wholesale Electric which will supply approximately 425 LED streetlights manufactured by Philips.

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Mill Creek, Washington, evaluates LED streetlights in pilot

The city of Mill Creek, Washington recently completed installation of a small number of LED streetlight fixtures which will allow the city to test and evaluate the performance of outdoor solid state lighting. Located in the Mill Creek Town Center, the eight decorative streetlights were manufactured by Philips Lumec. The pilot installation will be used to calculate energy consumption and test overall fixture performance. The LED streetlight fixtures replaced existing metal halide streetlights.

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Saratoga, California, to install Philips Hadco LED streetlight fixtures with $168,675 in EECBG funds

The city of Saratoga, California is prepared to begin a streetlight replacement project that targets city-owned decorative post-top fixtures for replacement with LED luminaires. This project focuses on ninety-seven streetlights located in the historic downtown shopping district of the city. Saratoga was awarded $168,675 from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program funded by the US Department of Energy. The California EECBG awards are locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC).

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Arlington County, Virginia, to install 1,800 LED streetlights in 2010

The county of Arlington, Virginia, has started a large-scale LED streetlight replacement program funded by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and local capital funds. The County will spend $1.5 million in 2010 to replace 1,800 existing streetlights with LED fixtures.

According to county officials, the long term goal is to replace all county owned streetlights with LED fixtures within the next six years. Currently the county owns 4,200 streetlights, most of which use high pressure sodium (HPS) technology.

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