Carbon emissions from energy use in streetlighting have reduced by 50% in Worcestershire since 2009/10
Carbon emissions from energy use in street lighting across Worcestershire have reduced by 56% since 2009/10, according to the council. This is despite an increase in the number of street lights across the county supporting further housing and development. These carbon reductions have been realised through targeted replacement of street lighting assets with energy efficient […]
Bouygues Energies & Services awarded Suffolk County Council street lighting contract
Bouygues Energies & Services (Bouygues E&S), a global leader in street lighting and energy services, has been awarded a contract to upgrade the Street Lighting for Suffolk County Council (SCC). SCC and Bouygues E&S have joined forces to create a flagship partnership with the aim of reducing energy, minimising light pollution and bringing down ongoing […]
Amey reduces Edinburgh’s carbon emissions
Amey’s Edinburgh Street Lighting team has announced it’s been working with the City of Edinburgh Council to upgrade more than 64,000 LED streetlights, which it says will save the local authority in excess of £54million over a 20 year period. It explains the upgrading and maintenance programme began in June 2018 and has involved more […]
North Yorks streetlighting project completed early and under budget
A carbon reduction programme to replace 50,400 streetlights across North Yorkshire LED lamps has been completed more quickly and at a lower cost than expected, according to the council. North Yorkshire County Council’s street lighting engineers have now completed the LED programme within three years across the country’s largest highways network, rather than the five years it was originally […]
Major investment to upgrade 82,000 streetlights to LEDs in Essex
The county of Essex is set to make savings every year as it upgrades teh remaining of its 82,000 streetlights to LED. Installation of the remaining 82,000 LED lights started in May 2021 in Basildon and Chelmsford and the LEDs will be installed area by area until completion in 2024. Where the ad-hoc replacement of […]
Isle of Wight reports huge savings since switch to LED streetlighting
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been saved by the Isle of Wight Council in the last five years after it installed LED streetlighting. Figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show in 2019/20 the council spent £926,000 on street lighting costs. In 2014/15, however, the year after the Isle of Wight […]
Amey wins street lighting contract in Inverclyde
Amey, has secured a new contract to repair and maintain street lights, road lighting and traffic sign lighting for Inverclyde Council. The one-year contract, with a potential one-year extension, will see Amey maintain the Council’s 13,000 street lights, 1,000 traffic sign lights and 600 items of ancillary electrical equipment. Amey has managed the street lighting maintenance service […]
