Dimming Coventry’s Street Lighting Will Save 40%

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Ross in United Kingdom

Using lighting more efficiently - and using energy efficient lighting - is an obvious way to save substantial quantities of money, energy and carbon. However, it has taken public bodies a long time to finally wake up to the clear sense behind the business case for the adoption of energy efficient technologies and practices.

According to the Telegraph, Coventry City Council have decided to break ranks from the army of local government bodies in the Ostrich Block, with an ambitious plan to become the UK’s first city with centrally-controlled dimming street lighting.

Over the next 25 years, the entire city’s 28,000 street lights will be replaced with newer energy efficient lighting with full dimming capabilities, which will be hooked up to a central control centre to coordinate the level of lighting across the city.

As well as turning the lights down or off in the early hours when they are not needed, the lights could also be turned up on accident black spots or after football matches.

Coventry City Council aim to cut their energy costs and carbon emissions by 40% by the programme, but with the