Beijing: pilot LED street lamps a year, can save 40%

Reporters learned yesterday from the Beijing street lamp management center, after a year and a half of the pilot, the pilot city LED street lamps have been drawn preliminary data, in the same case of illumination, LED street lamps can be energy saving of about 40%.

Reduce lighting electricity is an important way to save energy, for which the city has left in the door and the only pilot LED alley alley. Beijing Street Management Center official said, through a year and a half of the pilot, LED in the same lighting effect, the power consumption is 1/8 of incandescent bulbs, fluorescent lamp of 1/2. Overall, LED street lamps can save about 40%. From the environmental considerations, LED lamps do not contain mercury, sodium harmful elements, will not pollute the environment, is more in line with green lighting products, has a good social effect.

It is understood that the current street lamp after incandescent lamp, mercury lamp, sodium lamp and other three stages, the current generation of lamps has not yet finalized fourth. The source also acknowledged that the current price of lamps, LED Street investment costs and operating costs are much higher than the sum of high-pressure sodium lamp. In addition, because LED is not equipped with light, illumination uniformity and other aspects have yet to be further improved.