LED
Cities across California are excited about the energy and maintenance savings potential of LED street lights. Lighting manufacturers across the nation, the Department of Energy, and state and local customers to help bring this technology to market.
Financial incentives for metered customer-owned street lights will follow at a later date, as will incentives for other types of outdoor LED lighting.
Key advantages of quality LED street lights include:
* Improved night visibility due to higher color rendering, higher color temperature and increased illuminance uniformity
* Significantly longer lifespan
* Lower energy consumption
* Reduced maintenance costs
* Instant-on with no run-up or re-strike delays
* No mercury, lead or other known disposable hazards
* Lower environmental footprint
* An opportunity to implement programmable controls (e.g. bi-level lighting)