Throughout last year the Chester West and Chester Council installed more than 400 LED lights in place of traditional incandescents in a bid to cut its energy use.
It is estimated that the new illuminations will save somewhere between 65 and 70 per cent of the energy that is consumed by the council.
The lights were spread out into a number of different areas in the city, with heritage style street lamps installed, cloister lamps put in along the historic Rows in the area, bollards, sign lighting and pedestrian subways.
Speaking on behalf of Carbon Reduction Technology Liz Hudson, the council can expect to see a full return on its investment through energy savings alone in a period of just three to five years, the Flintshire Chronicle reports.
"Additionally, LED lighting has a longer lifespan and is more reliable than traditional lamps so Chester West and Chester City Council should also see savings through maintenance and replacement costs as well," she was quoted as saying.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has previously stated that about a third of potential energy saving by 2030 could come from the lighting sector.
Indeed, regulation around the world is starting to phase out traditional illuminations in favour of more energy efficient LED light bulbs, which is changing the face of the industry as a whole.
The switchover is well underway in both Europe and the US, with the latter set to ban incandescents from the shelves by 2015, while the EU has placed a ban on a plethora of different incandescent bans in the last few months.
This leaves a large gap in the market for LED bulbs, hence the reason for an increasing number of people to look towards energy efficient ceiling spotlights, rather than other bulbs.
