2017 the first 250 thousand LED street lights will adorn the city of New York

The 250 thousand street lamps in New York will be replaced by LED energy saving lamps by 2017, which will save $14 million a year.

New York Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Secretary Sadiq Han (JanetteSadik-Khan) to show the new LED street lamp. This new energy saving street lamp will gradually replace all the old light bulbs with ordinary bulbs in the next four years.

Peng Bo introduction, ordinary lamp street lamp life is 6 years, and LED lamp life is 20 years. If all 250 thousand lights in New York all replaced by LED energy-saving lamps, annual savings of $6 million electricity, maintenance costs $8 million, a total of $14 million per year. And LED lights are also very environmentally friendly.

The project is part of the city's energy conservation and environmental protection projects, completed by the Transport Bureau in batches, the first project is in Broolyn.

Peng Bo, mayor of New York: the first phase of the project is to replace the 80 thousand street lights into LED energy-saving lamps, costing $2 million 500 thousand, the period is from the beginning of next spring, completed by the end of 2015. "

Currently, part of the sidewalk and New York expressway has been replaced by LED energy-saving lamps. In addition to street lights, New York bridges, tunnels will be gradually replaced by LED lights decoration or lighting.