HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnv 2010-02-18 - New Street Lighting Pilot Program UpdateFrom: John McBride
Sent: February 1, 2010 9:16 AM
To: Colin Goodeve
Subject: RE: Lighting Pilot Program
Below is an introduction to the Lighting Pilot Program. The presentation that will be given at the February 18, 2010
Environmental Committee meeting will report on the findings of the evaluation.
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Working with KW Hydro, staff have recently installed a new type of street light as part of a pilot program to
investigate their effectiveness and potential savings to the City. Existing street lights use high pressure sodium (HPS)
as a light source. While they are reasonably energy efficient, they give a yellow light which can affect colour
recognition and visual comfort. They also need to be relamped about every 5 years.
We have chose Brookfield Cres off of Rittenhouse Rd as the pilot location and have installed 6 induction lights and 5
LED lights. Induction lights are a form of flourescent lights. They both produce a white light, which gives better
colour recognition, they will use even less energy than HPS lights and the maintenance costs should be considerably
less. LED lights claim to have a 50,000 hour life span which equates to about 10 years life and the induction lights
have a claimed 100,000 hour life span or about 20 years before relamping. They also are produced in a full cutoff
design which reduces the night sky impact.
Through KW Hydro a number of field measurements will be taken to verify their performance. We will also be doing
a number of surveys with the residents to get their input on both types of lights compared to the standard HPS lights.
After the evaluation period and a full technical review, a report will be brought to Council in the fall outlining the
results and potential use of this technology for new installations and the potential for retrofit of existing lights.
I wanted you to be aware of this pilot project, so that if your interested, you have the opportunity to view these lights
at night in a residential setting. I would also be interesed in your opinion of these lights if you get a chance to view
them.
Please forward this information to others that you think might be interested.
If you have any questions, please give me a call.
Thanks.
John McBride
Director Transportation Planning
City of Kitchener
Tel: (519) 741-2374
Fax: (519) 741-2747
TTY: 1-866-969-9994
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