San Francisco set off the street to replace millions of dollars to replace LED

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is planning to upgrade the street lamp, the $11 million investment project, the city's nearly half of the street lamp replacement, the new street lights will use energy-saving LED bulbs.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission hopes to save energy, improve street lighting and save maintenance costs.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission assistant general manager Barbara Hale: "electric bulb manufacturing way is to reduce light pollution, so we design the light will be more direct exposure to the streets and sidewalks, it is like the moon. "

Assistant General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Barbara Hale said that the new LED street lamp is now four to five times the life of the road, more than 15 years can not be maintained, is expected to save the city's energy costs by 50%.

The San Francisco public utilities commission power assistant general manager Barbara Hale: "and we use wireless network technology, detection of each lamp state can, through the operation and maintenance of the platform, tell us how to light, we can directly know the light quality is up to our requirements. "If there is no activity on the street, we can turn down the light, or there will be light, but we can turn down and save more electricity. "

Of the 46 thousand street lamps in San Francisco, about 60% are owned by SFPUC, most of which belong to the Pacific PG&E.

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