Haverhill, Massachusetts, seeks bids for purchase and installation of decorative LED streetlights

The city of Haverhill, Massachusetts, has issued an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the purchase and installation of LED streetlights and fixtures. The city initiated a streetlight management program in 2011 to assess cost savings and energy management through conversion to LED streetlight technology and during that time used federal funds to install over one hundred new LED streetlights. The upcoming project is focused on replacing approximately sixty existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with decorative post-top LED streetlight fixtures.

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Superior, Nebraska, installs 600 GE Evolve LED streetlights

Nearly two years ago, the city of Superior, Nebraska, embarked on an ambitious plan to replace all of the city’s streetlights with energy efficient LED fixtures. Superior’s power needs are served by a municipal utility, so city officials hoped to reduce energy consumption and increase energy savings for the community. Energy savings plans included a large-scale replacement of 600 existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED roadway fixtures, funded in part by a $246,000 grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) and $62,000 in local funding.


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Alturas, California, plans to install 136 LED streetlights

The city of Alturas, California, has applied for supplemental funding to install a second round of LED streetlight fixtures on city streets. City officials submitted a grant application to the California Energy Commission (CEC) for $56,085. The awards are funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The city of Alturas is hoping to receive confirmation of the award shortly.


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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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Boston, Massachusetts, issues RFP and plans to install 1,000 pendant-style LED streetlights

As part of a municipal plan to increase energy efficiency, the city of Boston, Massachusetts, is planning a large scale installation of decorative pendant-style LED streetlights. The project, which is scheduled to start in early 2012, will take place on public streets, parks, playgrounds and open spaces. The Boston pendant-style fixture is consistent with the historical streetlighting found throughout the city of Boston. Plans involve the installation of 1,000 LED streetlight fixtures.


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Fairfax, California, seeks bids for decorative LED streetlights

The town of Fairfax, California, seeks bidders for decorative LED streetlight fixtures for its first installation of energy efficient streetlights in the downtown corridor. The town selected solid-state lighting as the preferred technology for its energy efficient streetlight program. The project is funded by a $38,000 grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) and is expected to commence in early 2012.

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Brundidge, Alabama, to use $81,000 grant to purchase LED streetlights

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) recently approved federal funding for additional LED streetlight installations in the city of Brundidge, Alabama. Previously, a federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) award, issued in 2010, was used to purchase and install 104 cobrahead streetlight fixtures and 34 decorative LED streetlight fixtures. Subsequently, the city received a second EECBG award, valued at $69,950, which will be combined with city funds of $11,531. The combined funds will be used to purchase approximately 100 LED fixtures for the city’s second phase of energy efficient streetlight installations.


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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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