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  If you study the energy industry, you’d find that we are in the middle of a revolution right now. Everyone from manufacturers improving appliances to consumers renovating their homes, energy efficiency is taking the country by storm.   In a recent article in Energy Manager Today, Danielle Stewart examines how America is making brighter, […]

  Everywhere you turn, more and more businesses are switching to LED lighting. But what are the benefits for municipalities?   LED street lighting is actually very common, with many cities making the big change recently.   Switching from traditional halogen bulbs to LED traffic lights can offer many benefits. Here’s a list from Living […]

  Add two more to the list of cities that have switched to LED. Eden Prairie and Brooklyn Park are two communities in Minnesota that are making the switch from traditional streetlights to modern, more efficient LED models.   The street superintendent for Brooklyn Park says that the retrofit of 4,300 lights will save the […]

According to an official report, energy conservation measures at city facilities have saved the City of Seattle $1.25 million since 2008. The city has a history of monitoring and improving the energy efficiency of its facilities. The report covers 6.2 million square feet of city-owned and operated building space. It found that city-owned downtown buildings […]

Replacing all the streetlights in New York City is no small job. The city, however, was on board with the idea of using LED lights city wide. In 2009, after completing thorough testing, a project to replace all the city's streetlights began and became a model for other cities to study and follow. The project […]

The streets of Buffalo, New York are a little brighter these days. The city recently updated their street lighting to LED, increasing security, safety, and savings for the city. During 2011, commercial and institutional buildings, and street and highway lighting, consumed "about 275 billion kilowatt hours for lighting or 21 percent of commercial electricity consumed," […]

Philadelphia is sure to become one of the nation's leaders in fostering a more energy efficient building stock. The city has joined together to contribute scalable solutions and provide leadership to mitigate climate change. The city's first Office of Sustainability was created in 2008 in an effort to make Philadelphia the "Greenest City in America." […]

Falling costs and improvements in efficiency are driving the increased sales of LED street lighting lamps. According to a new report from Pike Research, "LEDs will become the second-leading type of lamp for streets in terms of sales by 2020." The costs of LED street lighting have fallen as much as 50 percent over the […]

The famous Golden Gate Bridge may get an LED makeover. As part of its Gateway program, the Department of Energy has evaluated the use of LED retrofit kits to replace the existing lights on the San Francisco landmark. “The goal of the study was to identify solutions to reduce maintenance and energy use without compromising […]