Riverhead, New York, issues RFP for 66 post-top LED streetlights

Riverhead, New York, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for sixty-six LED post-top luminaires. The RFP is part of Riverhead’s first deployment of LED streetlights. The initiative aligns with the town’s goals of reducing both energy consumption and costs in the community. In late 2011, the town council assessed solid-state lighting technology and determined that when resources became available, the city’s goal would be to consider changing all of the Riverhead’s streetlights to LEDs.


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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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