Cities Across North America Installing LED and Induction Street Lights

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Stockton, CA Gives LED Street Lights A Try
STOCKTON – The city of Stockton is trying out a more efficient street light that could save the city thousands of dollars every year.

Installation of 100 LED streetlights in Jackson, NJ begins
JACKSON — The installation of 100 energy-efficient light emitting diode (LED) streetlights is under way in Jackson. In the first phase of the project, the new LED lights will be installed along Nature Boulevard and the nearby 60Acre housing development.

Halifax Reginal Municipality Negotiating for "Tens of Thousands of LED Streetlights"
The Halifax Regional Municipality is negotiating with Nova Scotia Power Inc. to buy tens of thousands of street lights ahead of a deadline to convert to LED.

Washington, D.C. now sports 1,360 LED street lights in its alleyways
This morning at 11:30 a.m., Mayor Vince Gray will venture into a Columbia Heights alleyway to replace the last of about 1,360 old alley street lights with newer energy-efficient LED lights expected to save 591,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year as well as reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 719 tons.

Cornwall, Canada introduces LED streetlight project
The City of Cornwall has installed LED streetlight fixtures on Water Street between Augustus Street and Seymour Avenue as part of a pilot project to explore alternative lighting technologies.

Huntington, NY Joins DOE Energy Challenge: Saved 59% on Electricity with LED Streetlights
The invitation came as a result of the Town’s innovative use of its $1.725 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and the breadth of its energy efficiency projects, which included replacing 5,000 street lights with energy efficient fixtures that reduced electricity usage by 59 percent

GE's Evolve LED Roadway Lighting Being Installed in Cities Across the Globe
LED street lighting is saving millions of dollars each year on town and city electricity bills in America and further afield. Around 41,000 GE Evolve LED street lights being installed in Las Vegas are set to save the city almost $2.7 million (£1.6 million) each year in electricity bills and reduced maintenance costs.

Oak Lawn, IL Completes Phase I LED Streetlight Installation - 750 Fixtures for $321,202
The total cost for the 750 fixtures in Phase One was $321,202. Oak Lawn’s contribution was $133,800. The projected yearly cost to the village after the DCEO rebate will be $187,402.

LED streetlight pilot project underway in Whitby, NC
WHITBY -- The Town of Whitby is striving to reduce its carbon footprint by using energy-efficient fixtures in its streetlights.


Energy Efficient LED Street Lights Make Debut in Jackson Township
After a long battle between JCP&L and Jackson Township ended with an agreement earlier this year, the first LED street lights were installed earlier this week in the Sixty Acres development.  The Township of Jackson has entered into a contract agreement with JCP&L for the retrofitting of existing street lights with LED lighting.

Induction streetlights save San Diego $1.2M over 2 Years
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Owners and tenants on private land in the city of San Diego may soon be able to install brighter and more energy-efficient outdoor lighting under proposed policy revisions unanimously approved Wednesday by the City Council's Land Use and Housing Committee.

Induction bulbs for streetlights could save Marietta money - 135 bulbs/$7,700
MARIETTA - Marietta could save about $3,300 a year on electricity by changing bulbs in the city's decorative street lighting, according to a presentation during city council's lands, buildings and parks committee Tuesday afternoon.

American Electric Power Co. Gives Incentive for Going Green
AEP Customer Service Representative Jeff Hanselman presented an oversized ceremonial copy of the check to several city employees who worked to replace standard light bulbs with LED bulbs in street lights, traffic signals and crosswalk lights.

RFQ: New Brunswick, Canada Supply of LED Streetlight Luminaires - Due May 18th (PDF)
The New Brunswick Power Distribution and Customer Service Corporation is pleased to invite respondents to submit their qualifications for the supply of LED streetlight luminaires.

RFI: Coquitlam, Canada Supply of LED Street Lights - Due May 15th (PDF)
The City of Coquitlam (“City”) is issuing a Qualifications Based Selection (“QBS”) process to select Suppliers to provide LED Street Lights and product support services for future projects and installations, including a small quantity pilot project.


San Jose, CA "Smart" LED Streetlights Program - 58,500 More to Convert (PDF)
San Jose 's  Green Vision includes a commitment to covert all of  the City's  62,000 streetlights to "smart," energy-efficient, adaptable streetlights.  While other cities around the nation have been testing and deploying "basic" LED streetlights, San Jose has been pursuing the development of  "smart" adaptable streetlights -- streetlights equipped with a remote monitoring and adaptive control system.  The approach is viewed by industry experts as the next major efficiency leap in outdoor lighting.

New Orleans Allocating $8M for Streetlight Repairs in 2012
Keeping the streetlights burning in New Orleans is an expensive and seemingly endless job. The system, which includes 54,400 streetlights, is aging and still suffers from flood damage.

Chattanooga's smart streetlights include a wireless network
It’s one thing to trade out your incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescents (CFLs), but the city of Chattanooga has taken energy-efficient lighting to a whole new level. After a successful trial, Chattanooga is now replacing its high-pressure sodium outdoor lighting with induction and LED fixtures. And that’s not all. These new fixtures have built-in wireless radios.

Detroit, Michigan Installing 1,700 LED Streetlights
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, with support from the Department of Energy and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, is investing an additional $1.3 million to install more than 1,000 LED fixtures.

LED Streetlights to save Rochester, NH $24,261 per year
ROCHESTER— The city is expecting more than $300,000 in energy savings over the next 13 years after having switched all the downtown street lights to LED lighting.

LED streetlights to save Brunswick Landing, Maine 68% per year
Energy-efficient LED street lights will soon brighten Brunswick Landing's roads and parking lots, in keeping with the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority's (MRRA) vision to utilize alternative energy sources when redeveloping the former Naval Air Station Brunswick property.

Quincy, MA gets $370,325 grant for LED streetlights
Quincy will receive $370,325 in state grants for energy efficient LED streetlights.