Kent will invest 384 million LED street reconstruction

According to British media recently reported that the British Kent County Council (KCC) has agreed to the county within the jurisdiction of 120 thousand street lamps to replace all the centralized management system is a combination of modern computer technology, automatic control technology, communication technology, sensor technology and computer technology, the latest achievements (CMS) under the control of LED lights.

Reported that the project will make KCC LED lamp lighting system will be lighting generated electricity is reduced by 60%, and this project also means that KCC let every resident within the jurisdiction of the district on both sides of the road in the nightfall light can shine. LED lighting system will automatically adjust the light according to the natural light conditions, in order to achieve the best energy-saving effect.

Will the LED lighting system based on CMS technology under the control of the KCC to pay 40 million pounds (about 384 million yuan) of the cost of procurement, the KCC is undoubtedly a huge sum of fiscal expenditure, but through government procurement, KCC can make the money to produce social benefits and economic benefits of greater. KCC is responsible for the procurement of LED lamp project person in charge, the social benefits from the need to say, from the economic benefits, energy saving lamps can maximize the savings in government energy consumption, and save a considerable maintenance costs. Therefore, KCC even in the case of limited financial resources to ensure the smooth completion of the LED lamp lighting system renovation project.

Reported that, taking into account the KCC budget schedule and financial capacity and other factors, the lighting system of LED lights procurement project might begin from the end of this year or early next year, and after 3 years of time to complete the final. According to KCC's plan, the project should be carried out in two stages. First, all residents of the area within the jurisdiction of the first to be replaced from the front of the street lamp into a LED lamp, and then the main roads in the area on both sides of the central city and the entire replacement of the lighting system into LED lights. These two stages of the task to go through more than 3 years to complete one after another.

KCC is responsible for the environment and traffic cabinet member David Brege said: "we know that in the regular follow-up of Kent police, since the introduction of Kent night part of road lighting system, the Kent crime show a downward trend. At the same time, Kent poll also showed that the vast majority of residents hope the government can introduce all roads and public places lighting system, which can greatly reduce the crime rate, and provide convenience for people to travel. Considering the factors of low carbon environmental protection and energy saving, Kent decided to introduce the LED lighting system. Compared with the traditional LED lamp lighting system, the new system is under the control of the CMS work, CMS can effectively control energy consumption, to provide people with a more humane light source. "

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