Street Lighting Electricity Consumption Cut By 61% With LEDs & Wireless Controls

The city of West Richland, Washington, just completed an LED upgrade to its entire street lighting system, and the project is expected to reduce the system’s electric consumption by 61% and save the municipality $67,000 per year in energy costs. The city street lighting project, which included replacing more than 1000 high pressure sodium (HPS) lights with energy-efficient LED models, as well as installing a wireless monitoring and control system, will allow the city to move from a flat rate from the utility to a consumption-based tariff, which will further reduce the city’s cost for street lighting.