LED project will allow New York big apple green vitality

The United States of New York City, said the city is a site on the LED outdoor lighting products test today, testing products from 9 manufacturers, the test is the location of the Central Park and Roosevelt Avenue in New York East River Park (FDR Drive).

New York City Department of transportation (NYCDOT) is currently with a non-governmental organization climate group (Climate Group), the climate group is an international independent non-profit organization, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and cope with global warming, is committed to improving the business organization and government leadership in the fight against climate change. At present, the climate group is the two locations in New York for the first time LED lighting test test. The two sites will also be evaluated by the U.S. Department of energy's Gateway solid state lighting demonstration program, and the Gateway program aims to provide an independent, third party assessment of LED products for use in the real environment.

The LED test project is part of the New York NYC DOT executive Janette Sadik-Khan developed the world class, do not destroy the ecological environment efficient energy saving program. At the same time, with the help of Gateway demonstration project, this test will confirm the performance of LED lighting products and the resulting energy efficiency. In addition, 25 million visitors each year, Central Park and Roosevelt East River Park Avenue, daily 15000 drivers will feel the changes brought about by LED lighting technology.

With the climate group and Gateway cooperation, New York city will get more reliable life, power and lighting performance data report, it is understood that in these tests are from 9 different companies, which participate in the Central Park LED test includes the King Luminaire, Lumec, Sentry, Spring and City Sylvania, in FDR Avenue manufacturers including BetaLED, ELumen, LED Roadway and Lighting LSI, the test period for 12 months.

This test is also a part of the climate group global LED test program, the climate group plans in the world's 10 major city (including London and Mumbai) to carry out similar tests, but New York is the first big city to participate in the program.

The U.S. Department of energy in assessing the energy efficiency of LED lighting, said that compared to the existing street lighting products, LED products can save at least 60% of energy costs. They also point out that the white light emitted by the LED will be better than the light emitted by the high voltage lamp, which is good for pedestrians and motorists to see the road.

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