Streetlights represent an attractive application
for LED lighting
due to several factors.
• Large number of streetlights
• High maintenance costs due to height and location over public
roadways
• Growing community pressure to implement "full cut-off" solutions
to minimize glare and light pollution
• Desire for white light LED streetlights are now available, and
offer many advantages over traditional streetlight technologies.
Long lifetimes and highly reliable service, greatly reducing
maintenance costs Highly efficient light source potentially
reducing electricity consumption by up to 75% or more White light
available in color temperatures from "warm" to "cool" with high
CRI providing high-quality white light WHY LED Twenty-two percent
of electricity in the U.S. is used for lighting. Ninety percent of
the power used for a light bulb produces heat rather than light.
LEDs are over four times more efficient than traditional
incandescent light bulbs. Glass bulbs with filaments and tubes
break - easily and often. Incandescent bulbs are the most
inefficient lighting source. LEDs offer the most efficient and
environmentally clean - no mercury - lighting source. They are
solid-state devices rather than glass tubes with filaments, which
makes LEDs far more durable and long lasting. LEDs typically last
10-12 .ears, which significantly reduces maintenance costs and
impact on landfills and the environment.