Street lights are a funny thing. They illuminate the place and give a gentle glow to an area. In the UK these street lights used to be a light orange colour (Which was pretty funny) but since then, the councils have been upgradings these to LED bulbs. LED bulbs offer far more illumination for far less energy. Everyone's a winner when you use them. The question that gave me some thought was how much each council in Wales is using them.
So I asked all the councils in Wales the same thing, which was:
- How many street Lights does you authority operate
- How many have been upgraded to LED bulbs
- How much saving have you made because of this.
And so the answers came back:
Name
|
Amount
|
LED Operated
|
Saved
|
Anglesey
|
9523
|
3184
|
16% energy saving
|
Blaenau
|
12930
|
7237
| |
Bridgend
|
20076
|
7081
|
£200,000.00
|
Caerphilly
| |||
Cardiff
|
38480
|
38480
|
£650,000.00
|
Carmarthenshire
|
19700
|
6500
|
30% - 50% Energy Saving
|
Ceredigion
|
6714
|
2664
|
£200,000
|
Conway
| |||
Denbighshire
|
11374
|
3233
|
£252,500.00
|
Flintshire
|
20500
|
550 at present
| |
Gwynedd
|
17541
|
3500
|
|
Merthyr Tydfil
|
7371
|
7371
|
73.00%
|
Monmouth
|
10696
|
1750
|
£42,000.00
|
Neath Port Talbot
| |||
Newport
| |||
Pembroke
|
15400
|
1800
|
£13000 if all changed
|
Powys
|
14989
|
6715
|
160000
|
RCT
|
27500
|
8450
|
£247,000.00
|
Swansea
|
28531
|
19732
|
£400,000
|
Torfaen
|
11487
|
2239
|
£54736
|
Vale Of Glamorgan
|
15825
|
5209
| |
Wrexham
|
12915
|
24
|
A quick look through this shows the huge amount of savings that a council can make IF they swap to LED bulbs. The thing that also makes me proud is that Merthyr Tydfil have transferred ALL of their lights over to LED and they have saved a massive 73% saving! That’s amazing!
Before I go any further anyone who has not stated how much they have saved is because they were not sure how much it was. Even a small amount of LED bulbs can make a massive world of saving.
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