Ann Arbor to Light Up City with 100% LEDs
Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:37PM EST
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America has a reputation for overlighting its towns at night, and while we probably can't change long-ingrained fears of even the hint of darkness, we can at least make the lights a little more environmentally efficient. With that in mind, Ann Arbor is turning to power-sipping LED lamps for its city streetlights instead of the usual sodium lamps, which can suck up to 1,000 watts each.
The city will start installing 1,000 such lamps beginning next month. Based on power savings of about 50 percent and a lifespan five times longer than standard lamps, the city expects to recoup its investment in less than four years. The project will also reduce greenhouse emissions by 2,425 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
I also happen to think that the lights, which contain dozens of LED bulbs in each housing, look pretty cool. They're modern, but they still have a sort of classic feel to them.
Toronto and Raleigh, N.C., among others, are also turning to LEDs instead of vapor-based lighting. How's your burg doing when it comes to greening up its public lighting?
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2 Posted by vixengal on Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:35PM EST Report Abuse
It's great to do this, but I hope that there are American companies that can supply this lighting. Trade deficits we can't afford any longer. Sending manufacturing offshore costs a lot of jobs. The world has leveled off with regard to disparities between first second and third world nations. It's time to look at the real cause of the greenhouse gas / global warming/ climate change issues, and it's population. Nobody has the guts to take this one on. We can all be happy green kids, but it's not an answer.
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3 Posted by www7techdeals.com_visit on Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:18PM EST Report Abuse
Do they make house lamps?
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4 Posted by crash_davis6 on Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:25AM EST Report Abuse
Vixengal, go spew your crap elsewhere. There are plenty of us who could poke holes at your little tidbits of fallacies. Houselamps are coming.
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5 Posted by matt_rich_atl on Sat Feb 2, 2008 6:31AM EST Report Abuse
Atlanta, GA is replacing stop lights with LEDs. I'm not a "climate change" fanatic, but I'm just fine with the government doing something that saves money and juice. After all, it is our money they're spending.
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1 Posted by matt_archbold2002 on Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:34PM EST Report Abuse
They look pretty cool. I wonder if this will get other cities to follow in their foot steps.