Scotland could soon have every single one of its streetlights replaced with LEDs, the country' s environment minister Richard Lochead has said. Lochhead has confirmed the government’s nationwide LED streetlighting programme is being ...
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The city of Frisco, Texas, has launched an effort to assess and evaluate energy efficient LED streetlights for the city’s roadway illumination needs. A Request for Information (RFI) was issued to assist city officials in their review ...
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The township of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the installation of LED streetlights for the Peachtree subdivision. This is the township’s second project focused on removing and replacing aging ...
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The city of Bakersfield, California, is preparing its fourth pilot installation of LED streetlights. Three previous installations were deployed along collector and arterial roadways in high profile segments of the city. Approximately ...
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LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA and the Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) are collaborating to accelerate the market for advanced streetlighting technologies through the Bay Area Next Generation ...
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LED Roadway Lighting has announced a LED streetlighting award in the City of Sudbury, Ont., to supply about 1700 fixtures between now and July 2013. Located approximately 440km north of Toronto, Sudbury holds a population of more than ...
In many rural areas of the world, there is no electricity – which also means there is no clean drinking water, no access to information, education or modern forms of communication. For five years exactly now, SolarWorld AG has been ...
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A streetlight strategy in Milton Keynes is currently under review after concerns were raised following two deaths on grid roads where lights had been switched off. Coroner Tom Osborne wrote to Milton Keynes Council after inquests into ...
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The Borough of Tarentum, a small town of approximately 4,500 nestled along the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, is converting 100 percent of its street lighting to GE's new Evolve™ LED Scalable Cobrahead fixtures with dimmable ...
Once the lonely crusade of astronomers, the dark-sky movement is finding increasingly vocal support in the lighting community; and is gaining regulatory traction with the sustainability and conservation movements. Plants and animals, ...
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It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
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The Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) and GE Lighting today announced a project to advance the energy-efficient street-lighting market. The Bay Area Next Generation Streetlight Initiative aims to catalyze the upgrade of over 200,000 ...
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3080 miles of motorways and trunk roads are completely unlit at night An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed the extent to which local authorities are turning off streetlights to save energy and reduce carbon emissions. ...
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3080 miles of motorways and trunk roads are completely unlit at night (Photo Luke Addison An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed the extent to which local authorities are turning off streetlights to save energy and reduce ...
Urbis Sapphire lanterns are to be used in modernisation project Following a decision by cabinet members yesterday, streetlights in Powys are to be switched back on. Powys county council has been allocated £1.4 million to modernise ...