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Like cities across North America, Ottawa is looking to fully covert all of its street lights to LEDs.
Light-emitting diode technology has been used here before in several pilot projects, including one on Carling Avenue where more than 750 fixtures were converted. The project netted about $72,000 in annual savings based on 2014 rates.
Street lighting accounts for 17 per cent of the electricity used by the city, according to staff report to be discussed next week at the transportation committee meeting. LED technology could reduce that energy use by more than 50 per cent. Since street lighting costs last year were $7.2 million, the city says the potential savings are significant.
Once the conversion is complete, the city hopes to save $4 million per year.
The city is looking to Energy Ottawa, a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, to find a suitable partner to convert 58,000 street lights and provide future maintenance.
The four-year LED conversion project, estimated at $27.9 million, would begin in June 2016.
Future agreements with Energy Ottawa could see parks and pathway lights, decorative street lights and National Capital Commission-owned street lights also converted someday, the staff report says.
Council will consider the plan at its Oct. 14 meeting.
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Light-emitting diode technology has been used here before in several pilot projects, including one on Carling Avenue where more than 750 fixtures were converted. The project netted about $72,000 in annual savings based on 2014 rates.
Street lighting accounts for 17 per cent of the electricity used by the city, according to staff report to be discussed next week at the transportation committee meeting. LED technology could reduce that energy use by more than 50 per cent. Since street lighting costs last year were $7.2 million, the city says the potential savings are significant.
Once the conversion is complete, the city hopes to save $4 million per year.
The city is looking to Energy Ottawa, a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, to find a suitable partner to convert 58,000 street lights and provide future maintenance.
The four-year LED conversion project, estimated at $27.9 million, would begin in June 2016.
Future agreements with Energy Ottawa could see parks and pathway lights, decorative street lights and National Capital Commission-owned street lights also converted someday, the staff report says.
Council will consider the plan at its Oct. 14 meeting.
mpearson@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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