Pittsburgh Planning LED Street Light Conversion
On Monday, December 15, 2008, William Peduto, City Councilman in Pittsburgh, PA announced a plan to convert all 40,000 city street lights to LED light sources, saving taxpayers an estimated $2.5 million dollars annually in energy and maintenance costs. The effort is also an eco-friendly one; the change is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 984 pounds each year.
The reasons Peduto sited for the change are the same reasons so many cities are choosing LEDs – they use less energy, provide bright light, contain no mercury, take less maintenance to sustain, etc. The plan is still being vetted but Peduto hopes to see action taken in early January.
Photo: LED Street Lamps in LED City, Ann Arbor
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