Allentown, Pennsylvania, installs 53 LED streetlights from Cooper Lighting and GE

The city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has installed fifty three LED streetlights in a pilot program to test and evaluate solid state lighting technology. The project is funded by the local energy supplier, PPL Electric Utilities. The city of Allentown is currently working with PPL Electric Utilities on a revised tariff to reflect the reduced energy consumption of LED streetlights. The utility is awaiting approval of the tariff from the state regulatory board.

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La Grange, North Carolina, to spend $194,445 on LED streetlights

The North Carolina Energy Office (NCEO) recently announced local awards of federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency projects in North Carolina. The town of La Grange, North Carolina, received $155,475 from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The EECBG program is administered in North Carolina by the NCEO. The EECBG award will be used to purchase and install approximately 345 LED streetlights in the town of La Grange. Town officials expect total project cost to be about $194,445.

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San Pablo, California, RFP to replace HPS with LED streetlights

San Pablo, California, has a current Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking to replace at least 85 HPS streetlights with LED streetlights.

For more details on the process and the November 15th deadline, refer to the New Streetlights RFI/RFP section...

Boerne, Texas, tests and evaluates LED streetlights from GreenStar

Boerne, Texas, has installed eleven LED streetlights in the first step of evaluating energy efficient streetlight technology. The pilot installation is funded using city operating funds and is scheduled to be completed by mid-November 2010. The LED streetlight fixtures installed in the pilot are from local manufacturer, GreenStar.

For more on this pilot to compare LED and HPS streetlights read the New Streetlights article...

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LED Streetlights RFP for Columbus, Wisconsin to replace more than 500 streetlights

The deadline for the Columbus, Wisconsin initiative to replace a further 514 streetlights with LED streetlights is this Friday, November 5, 2010.

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Rapid City, South Dakota, tests LED and induction technologies in streetlight pilot

The city of Rapid City, South Dakota, has installed 70 energy efficient streetlights in a pilot project. The initiative was funded by a $49,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. As part of the pilot program, public works officials chose to evaluate both LED and induction technologies. Installed fixtures include 35 LED streetlight fixtures from BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting, and 35 induction streetlight fixtures from Neptune Lighting.

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Los Angeles continues to set example for municipalities and drive LED streetlight industry standards

Now in its fifth year of installing and evaluating LED streetlights on city roadways, Los Angeles, California, continues to lead municipalities and establish precedents for the outdoor solid state lighting sector.

Crews from the Bureau of Street Lighting of the city of Los Angeles installed the first LED fixtures in 2006 to test and evaluate emerging, solid state lighting technology. The success of the initial deployment led department officials to pursue broader deployment of LED streetlights to counter rising energy costs, address ongoing budgetary challenges, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The city has also partnered with the Clinton Climate Initiative as part of its LED streetlight planning efforts. The Bureau has established a five year plan with the goal of installing 20,000 fixtures in 2010 and thirty thousand fixtures annually in the following four years. The city of Los Angeles has already exceeded its plan for 2010 by installing almost 30,000 LED streetlight fixtures.

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