8 ways that cities are slashing streetlight costs

Keeping streets lit at night can end up costing a city a significant amount of money in energy and maintenance expenses over time. And with governments almost everywhere looking to cut budgets these days, municipalities are exploring a variety of ways to lower their streetlighting bills. In the US alone, more than 52 million streetlights might…

ByThe Global ViewApril 10, 20120Comments

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Around the world, cities ask, ‘May we have 10,000+ LEDs, please?’

Is "Change your lightbulbs" really a useful answer to the energy and climate challenges we face? While it sounds almost trite today from an individual perspective, switching to more efficient lighting technologies really can make a big difference in energy, money and carbon savings when done on a large scale. And, increasingly, that switch is being…

ByThe Global ViewApril 2, 20120Comments

Policy

US vote sets loose a plague of ‘zombie’ green light bulbs

As the old saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat. And the same applies to methods for flaying a government regulation you don't like. That seems to be the case for US House Republicans who, according to a report released yesterday, have yet to meet a green law they like. ("The Most…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 17, 20110Comments

Policy

Japan looks to ‘smarter’ lighting to save energy, ensure safety

"Smarter" street lighting could help Japan manage its energy use better while ensuring safety in public spaces at night ... two areas of especially great concern in the wake of the deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the country earlier this year. Just such an intelligent street lighting system is now being rolled out…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 19, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Learn how to save money with LED leasing

A growing number of business owners are coming to understand that energy-saving, efficient technology is good for the bottom line. But at a time when enterprises -- commercial or otherwise -- are watching every penny, it can be hard to justify the upfront expense, even when such improvements more than pay for themselves over time. That's…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 4, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

First Nations community uses solar power for airfield lighting

The Northern Canadian Tsay Keh Dene First Nation is turning to solar-powered LED (light-emitting diode) lighting to illuminate an airfield that serves a remote village in British Columbia. The new lights from Carmanah Technologies will help supply and medevac aircraft that fly into and out of the village airfield. One of two projects funded by the…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 10, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Über-efficient Philips LED wins $10m US L Prize

A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb designed to replace the standard -- and energy-inefficient -- 60-watt incandescent light bulb from Philips Lighting North America has won a lighting innovation L Prize from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize, as the award is otherwise known, was created to challenge the lighting industry to…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 3, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

GE expands its line of efficient LEDs

Over the next 16 months, GE Lighting expects to roll out a full line of energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs designed to replace inefficient incandescent light bulbs. First out will be the dimmable 13-watt GE Energy Smart LED, set to be available in November as a replacement for 60-watt incandescent bulbs. LEDs designed to replace 75-watt…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 1, 20110Comments

Cities

Indian cities aim to save energy with LEDs

Three cities in India are installing LED (light-emitting diode) lamps as part of a global effort to switch to better, more energy-efficient lighting. Thane, Kolkata and Haldia have all joined The Climate Group's global LED project and are working to replace existing streetlights with longer-lasting, high-efficiency LEDs. Kolkata expects to install 273 LED streetlights as part…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 28, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

In the US, battle of the bulbs far from over

The good news for US energy efficiency is that an effort to repeal legislation mandating more efficient light bulbs failed this week in a vote in the House of Representatives. The bad news is that, had the repeal effort not required a two-thirds majority, the measure would have passed ... at least in the House. The vote…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 13, 20110Comments

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8 ways that cities are slashing streetlight costs

Around the world, cities ask, ‘May we have 10,000+ LEDs, please?’

US vote sets loose a plague of ‘zombie’ green light bulbs

Japan looks to ‘smarter’ lighting to save energy, ensure safety

Learn how to save money with LED leasing

First Nations community uses solar power for airfield lighting

Über-efficient Philips LED wins $10m US L Prize

GE expands its line of efficient LEDs

Indian cities aim to save energy with LEDs

In the US, battle of the bulbs far from over

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