Another good thing about LEDs is that, unlike a traditional streetlight,
LEDs can quickly ramp up or throttle down. That opens the door to
"smart" streetlights. With a suitable sensor attached, they could remain
turned off until a vehicle, bike, or pedestrian is detected and then
light up only while needed. Given the number of streetlights in a city
the size of Phoenix that would make a huge impact ... especially later
in the evening as traffic decreases. No idea what the cost of the sensor
would be, but I read that smart streetlights were being tried in a few
locations. Just Google "intelligent street lighting" or "adaptive street
lighting." -DH
On 12/2/2016 1:12 PM, kevin.kozel@xxxxxxx wrote:
Good news, Folks!--
I just heard on the radio that the City of Phoenix is going to use 2700
Kelvin LED streetlights instead of the 4000 Kelvin LED lights approved in the
original contract.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease!
This is good news if we have to live with the LED's shining in our faces,
yards and telescopes.
A hard copy of this announcement should be coming out real soon.
KK
