LUXEON LED based Street Lights Installation in Portugal

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,... 

Philips Lumileds Sheds New Light on Street Lighting in White Paper

Philips Lumileds today released “LEDs: Coming Soon to a Street Light Near You,” a new white paper that discusses the emerging use of power LEDs in street lighting and describes a demonstration design that yields lower total ownership costs, much improved lighting and significant energy savings — as much as 50% — over standard lighting technologies. The paper can be downloaded free of charge at www.lumileds.com/pdfs/WP14.pdf. Governments, municipalities...