Chicago kicks off $160m LED street-lighting plan with LED street lighting manufacturers

Chicago kicks off $160m LED street-lighting plan with LED street lighting manufacturers

  Chicago is about to be one of the largest cities across the globe to convert its street lighting system with more energy-efficient LED street light cooperated with LED street lighting manufacturers. A announcement from local authority claims that approximately 85 per cent of its street lighting will be replaced with more energy-efficient LED street lights.in the next four years.

  About 270,000 high pressure sodium lights, according to the plan, which emits obvious orange light, will convert to significantly more energy-saving and longer-lasting alternatives provided by LED street lighting manufacturers. More importantly, the scheme will be slated to deliver most energy costs to Chicago authority.

  LED street lighting manufacturers as the major solution provider pointed out that new type LED street lights will save energy by about 60 to 80 per cent and investment cost will return in two years or less.

  New street lighting system will equip smart grid managing system that the authority will gain the information of the broken light without man-made report. New LED system will significantly cut the carbon footprint for the green earth plan. New project will improve quality of every Chicago with modern, high-quality and reliable lighting system.

  With the decrease of past high-price LED products, it becomes a trend to convert to LED alternatives cooperated with LED street lighting manufacturers globally. It is have seeing that a growing number of city authorities around the world switch to LEDs in a bid to cut costs and carbon emissions.