2025 LED street lights will reach 350 million upgrades war speed

Group (The Climate) organized by the New York climate week called on all cities around the world set up LED lamp replacement plan, hoping to use the LED street lamp before 2025. At the same time set up a global activity LED=Lower Emissions Delivered low emission plan to encourage local governments, cities and related units began to use LED lamps.

Lit by PHILPS, located in Times Square, LED, New York. PHILPS and climate organizations to promote the major cities LED street lights. (photo: PHILPS)

Climate group also released a new report on the LED (The Big Switch): why do you want to start the street lights? The report details the major cities around the world are interested in replacing LED street lights. Before the technical problems encountered in the replacement of LED has been overcome. However, the Paris climate conference (COP21) also suggested that many cities hope to be supported by government and financial institutions, in order to improve the business model and financial planning, the implementation of the plan to replace LED street lamp.

The replacement test shows that the use of LED street lights saves up to 50% to 70% of energy consumption in the city, and in the use of intelligent control system, can save more energy.

Climate organizations take more than 2 years to complete the report, continue to track the number of global organizations to participate in climate LED street lamp test of the 12 cities, including New York, London, Calcutta and sydney. This test was completed by PHILPS lighting.

The Climate Group CEO Mark Kenber said: "LED technology can reduce energy consumption, and cost saving, and LED lamp replacement can also be said to be logical. The United States and even the world are accelerating the speed of LED street lights. LED is the easiest and most effective way to think about climate change in our global testing and consulting and research. The answer has been scientifically proven and can be commercialized, and even more so, the use of LED technology in the global cities, are able to save energy and cost of this technology endorsement. With the development of global city, street number is expected to reach 350 million in 2025, the local government, hydropower and financial institutions should work together in 2025 before the existing street dress up into LED Street - or equivalent low energy consumption technology. "

"New York's facelift program is the largest in the United States, is currently being carried out 250 thousand LED street lamp replacement project. As of 2017, New York will be able to save $14 million (NT $460 million) of energy and maintenance costs. If the United States each outdoor lighting is replaced by LED lights, the United States will be able to save $6 billion (NT $196 billion 200 million) - and the reduction of carbon emissions equivalent to the emissions of 8 million 500 thousand cars. "

2013, Losangeles began to replace up to 140 thousand LED street lights. According to the report, in 2014, Losangeles thus reduced energy consumption by 63% and saved $8 million 700 thousand (NT $280 million). Now, PHILPS lighting will help Losangeles upgrade to smart LED lights, the system uses mobile phones and cloud computing technology, is expected to be able to save 80% of energy consumption.

Verhaar, Minister of the global public and government affairs department of PHILPS lighting, Harry, said: "it is exciting to replace the new interconnection LED lights, but at present the existing street lamp replacement rate is still quite low. We have to upgrade to 2 times the current rate of change in order to keep up with the rapid increase in energy demand. If you know the benefits of LED lighting to save money and reduce energy consumption, the major cities should be LED technology to replace existing infrastructure plans in the priority position. "

LED lights are not only helpful to save money and reduce emissions, according to a report by the organization for climate change, these plans to replace the LED lights also bring social and economic benefits. Enhance the quality of the lighting to make the vision clearer, reduce traffic accidents. And these cities also show the benefits of more business opportunities and regional infrastructure improvements.

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