NEWS RELEASE
HRM’s LED Streetlighting Project sees 2,100 new installations
(Monday, February 14 2011) - The street light project to replace 2,100 existing fixtures with LED technology throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality is expected to be completed this week.
The LED lights are replacing existing 70 watt, 100 watt, 150 watt and 250 watt HPS (High Pressure Sodium) fixtures and expect to reduce energy consumption by more than 1 million kWh each year. The project will result in a reduction of about 1000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) annually. In addition to an estimated annual energy savings of about $120,000.00, HRM will realize savings through reduced maintenance costs for the new fixtures over an anticipated 20 year life.
Mayor Peter Kelly welcomed this latest milestone in HRM’s quest to be one of the most cost-efficient and environmentally friendly communities in Canada.
“This technology has improved light quality which, in turn, makes our streets safer for motorists and pedestrians alike,” Mayor Kelly noted. “In addition, the new fixtures use less than 50 per cent of the energy consumed by the previous ones, resulting in substantial savings to taxpayers.”
HRM was able to undertake this project through financial support from ecoNova Scotia and Nova Scotia Power. The fixtures were manufactured by LED Roadway Lighting Ltd of Amherst, Nova Scotia.
The fixture design is a departure from the conventional cobra head style with the globe lens which, due to its design, produces a significant amount of side light. The full cut-off design used for the LED street light is recognized to be “dark sky” compliant due to that fact that the design eliminates all light above the horizontal plane (light pollution), and focuses the light on the areas requiring the light, the roadway and sidewalks. In addition the LED light provides in a whiter, brighter light source which provides better color recognition than does the yellower high pressure sodium lamp light.
Over the last five years, HRM has completed $6.8 million in energy efficiency projects which has resulted in savings of $1.2 million per year and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 10,000 tonnes per year. This street light project represents about 5% of the total street lights in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
See attached for a list of locations where the LED lights have been installed throughout HRM.
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Contact:
Mayor Peter Kelly
(902) 490-4010
Angus Doyle, Manager, Utilities Coordination
HRM Traffic & Right of Way Services
(902) 490-5019
LED Roadway Lighting provided the technology that replaced the streetlights in the following locations:
MacKay Bridge Approaches (Bayne Street, Barrington Street), Chebucto Road to Mumford, Devonshire Avenue, Dunbrack Street, Main Street Dartmouth (Major Street to Raymor, Raymor to Brigadoon), Robie Street (Memorial Drive to Inglis Street), Agricola (Almond to Young Street), the Armdale Roundabout, Beaufort Avenue, Coburg Road, Dresden Row, Annandale Street, Duffus Street (Barrington to Robie), Gottingen Street (Cornwallis to Young), Herring Cove Road (Rotary to Withrod, Withrod to City Limit), Inglis Street (Robie Street to Barrington), Jubliee Road, Lacewood Drive (Titus Street to Dunbrack and Willet Street to Hwy 102), Maynard Street, Monastery Lane, Morris Street, North Park Street, Oxford Street (Bayers Road to South Street), Quinpool Road, Sackville Street (South Park to Summer), Spring Garden Road, Summer Street, Young Street, Donaldson Avenue, Tower Road, Desmond/Rowe Avenues/Scott Street, Isleville Street, Leeds Street, Saunders Park, Willow Street (Agricola to Chebucto), Romans Avenue, Connolly Street, Basinview Drive, Point Pleasant Drive.
