City of Welland and Welland Hydro LED Streetlight Conversion Program - Lighting the Way Forward to a Green Community
Between 2005 and 2006, the Corporation of the City of Welland and Welland Hydro partnered together to complete the conversion of all existing incandescent traffic signals to Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), in an attempt to reduce power consumption and reduce costs associated with power usage. As an incentive, Welland Hydro was willing to cover 25 percent of the costs associated with the conversion program. However, due to its success and funding available, this cost increased to 60 percent. At the completion of this program, decreases in power consumption and associated costs were identified. The cost savings associated with the reduced power consumption has totalled an estimated $7,668 per calendar year and reduced power consumption by 11079 watts per day. Overall this reduced power consumption specific to traffic signals by 66 percent. This project was nominated for teh TAC 2007 Sustainable Urban Transportation Award.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
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Authors:
- FERGUSON, D
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Conference:
- 2008 Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada
- Location: Toronto , Canada
- Date: 2008-9-21 to 2008-9-24
- Publication Date: 2008
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Pagination: 8 p.
- Monograph Title: 2008 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: A Key to a Sustainable Future
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Energy conservation; Light emitting diodes; Operating costs; Street lighting; Tests; Traffic signals
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Subject Areas: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01117198
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- Files: TAC
- Created Date: Dec 29 2008 12:30PM