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Introduction
Energy efficiency (EE) is at the heart of the EUs transition to a resource-efficient
economy and the realisation of its 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive
growth. This includes three complementary energy and climate headline targets by
2020: to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 20% relative to 1990, to generate 20%
of primary energy from renewable sources and to achieve 20% primary energy
savings relative to the 2007 projections for 2020. One key area for investment in EE
is street lighting, where there are not only major opportunities to significantly reduce
electricity consumption, but also additional benefits associated with phasing out
environmentally harmful technologies, reducing maintenance costs and achieving
much better overall control of the street lighting environment.
Older technologies do not match the capabilities of LED and other more advanced
options. In the case of incandescent bulbs, 90% of the energy consumed goes into
producing heat and only 10% goes into light. In contrast to a conventional 100-watt
incandescent light bulb, which generates visible light at around 17 lumens per watt,
compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) can generate 60 to 75 lumens per watt and
LED bulbs more than 100 lumens per watt.
LED bulbs, which use light-emitting diodes as a light source, capitalise on the
scientific breakthroughs associated with semiconductor technology. LED lights have
two key benefits: energy efficiency and long service life, which - at around 50 000
hours - is three to five times longer than conventional lighting technology. From a
lifecycle perspective, the majority of costs related to conventional street lighting stem
not from the investment itself, but from post-installation costs (i.e. energy,
maintenance and upkeep costs). As a longer expected service life means
considerable reductions in maintenance costs, LEDs higher upfront costs can
become more economic than those of typical fluorescent lights in roughly six years.
Intelligent control systems create additional savings potential as the street lighting
level can be reduced in line with requirements, thereby providing further substantial
energy savings. Existing legacy systems are far less flexible and only enable lights to
be either on or off. LED lights, in contrast, can be controlled with high precision,
dimmed rapidly and adjusted continuously to create the level of visibility and sense of
safety required.
City/county
Project scale
Savings
Halle
(Germany)
Replacement of
22 000 street lights
Annual budget
savings of about 37%
Burgdorf
(Germany)
Replacement of
2 700 street lights
(of existing 4 580)
Energy savings of
43%; cost savings per
street light of about
EUR 32/year
Replacement of
4 500 street lights
(of existing 6 570)
Energy savings of
about 54%; cost
savings per street
light of about
EUR 56/year
Lehrte
(Germany)
Surrey (UK)
Replacement of
66 000 street
lighting columns
Energy savings of
over 5.3 GWh and
over 750 tonnes of
CO2 emissions
annually
Details
Replacement
programme
Financing of
installations
Operation
and
maintenance
Energy
supply
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