
The implementation of efficient, attractive LED street lighting in Portugal has gathered pace over the summer as EnergiaViva has completed installations of the new UrbanLED street light in ten towns and cities. Installation work in a further 20 Portuguese municipalities is expected to have been completed this fall. The UrbanLED luminaires were introduced in April 2009, when they were installed on a street in the Portuguese town of Pombal. The solution,...

Even before the economic stimulus package goes before Congressional vote, the BetaLED™ manufacturing plant is ramped up to manufacture LEDway™, environmentally-friendly LED (light-emitting diode) streetlights, to meet increasing demand from cities across the country. “Governments, municipalities and utilities are planning energy savings and sustainability into their proposals for economic stimulus monies,” says Alan Ruud, president of Beta...
The first production run of the revolutionary LEDway Streetlight from BetaLED, using the latest in light-emitting diode (LED) technology, rolled off Beta Lighting’s manufacturing line Tuesday, August 5. The first LEDway off the line was presented to Beta Lighting President Al Ruud, with fixtures two through 21 shipping to the City of Racine for installation later this month at various locations.