Anchorage city plans to join Cree LED

CREE Alaska and California Anchorage municipal government announced that the city of Anchorage to join Cree "LED city", which is an international energy saving project. The mayor of Anchorage, said the municipal government has actively invested $2 million 200 thousand to buy LED lamps to replace the city 16000 street, Anchorage city accounted for about the total number of 1/4 lights, to achieve the purpose of saving energy.

Anchorage city mayor also said that in the past few months, executives have been studying this new type of lighting technology, understand the technology is energy saving, and reducing the cost of maintenance. In addition, the government was held in March this year, a lighting conference and public investigation, the results show that the vast majority of people in favor of this new white LED lighting products. The current feedback and cost savings investigation, so that the city government on the implementation of the LED street lighting plan is full of confidence.

Cree LED City Project Manager pointed out that lighting is very important, in the city of Anchorage daily life here, every year about 85 days less than 8 hours a day long. This is a city of Anchorage's geographical position, the summer day for a long time, the short winter day. Moreover, Anchorage is often cloudy weather in winter, which reduces the local available sunlight. Therefore, Anchorage needs to go in the forefront of energy saving lighting.

Anchorage city will buy BetaLED lamps, energy saving lamps than the current 50%, according to the current price of energy, which will save $360 thousand a year for the city. This LED lamp belongs to the Cree XLamp LED products, life is 7 times the high-pressure sodium lamp, saving maintenance costs.

Anchorage city is the seventh to join the "LED Cree city" plan of the city, the first 6 are the United States of North Carolina, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rowley, Mississippi, Texas, Ann Arbor, Tianjin, and Italy China Austen Torraca.

Source: China Semiconductor Lighting Network