LED Street Lights Unvieled In Silicon Valley
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:47 pm
A recent article in the Merky News caught my attention this week.
San Jose, California plans to replace many of its aging 62,000 yellow
sodium vapour street lights with 20,000 white LED versions at a cost
of about $1,000 each. Hopefully the new ones will reduce maintenance,
lower operating costs from the current $4million annual street lighting
bill, and improve visibility compared to existing yellow street lighting.
A few street lamps are ready to go in a pilot program. More info here.
According to an LED manufacturer there are about 55 million
street lights in the USA.
San Jose, California plans to replace many of its aging 62,000 yellow
sodium vapour street lights with 20,000 white LED versions at a cost
of about $1,000 each. Hopefully the new ones will reduce maintenance,
lower operating costs from the current $4million annual street lighting
bill, and improve visibility compared to existing yellow street lighting.
A few street lamps are ready to go in a pilot program. More info here.
According to an LED manufacturer there are about 55 million
street lights in the USA.