Taipei City, more than 70 thousand lamps modified LED billion yuan in electricity charges

Taipei street lights have more than 150 thousand, half of which is located in the park and Street Lane Lane mercury street lamp, the other half of the road is commonly used high-pressure sodium lamp. Because of the LED lamp than mercury lamp energy saving and carbon reduction, the works bureau since 2010 have been changed, this year has been completed as of 72 thousand and 882 light road, garden lamp facelift, estimated annual electricity saving billion yuan, and reduce the amount of carbon reduction of 30 million kg of carbon, equivalent to 77 Daan Forest Park.

Park Street Management Office Deputy Director Chen Dengwen pointed out that in 1885, Liu Mingchuan became the first governor of Taiwan, has set up the first street, later also appeared all kinds of light bulbs. Among them, LED lamp luminous efficiency and color are good, long life, so in recent years, gradually replace the high energy consumption of mercury lamps.

Chen Dengwen said that the 1 LED lights every day, more than about 1.8 degrees of electricity in the province of mercury, Lantern Festival, in the next 1 years, the province's electricity tariff of $1360. If the city's original 72 thousand and 882 to calculate the mercury vapor lamp, replacement is completed, to reduce annual electricity consumption 47 million 880 thousand degrees, which is nearly 100 million yuan in electricity; to carbon emissions, 1 Da an Forest Park about 1 years to absorb 389 tons of carbon dioxide, a LED lamp, to reduce annual carbon emissions of 30 million kg, equivalent to 77 park the amount of carbon reduction.

He said that at present there are more than 7 thousand underground lights used in the city, is expected to gradually change next year. The use of the road itself was due to high pressure sodium lamp, energy saving, wait until the day after the LED light efficiency more progress, and then consider the update.

Street lamp is a big project! In the park for 29 years as a street lamp administrator Mao Lianjun said, street lamps installed in high places, sometimes need to carry a ladder of weight of 20 kg, equipped with the work, electricity is also commonplace. He also recalls the annual typhoon season, is all the 36 Street administrator "season", for several weeks, every night to repair or replace the lamp out.

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