City Of Whitefish Bay: Village Of Whitefish Bay Installs Pilot Test Site For LED Streetlights

Whitefish Bay WI

20 September, 2021

6:03 AM

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Press release from the City of Whitefish Bay: September 18, 2021 The Village of Whitefish Bay is investigating the possibility of switching its approximately 1,500 High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamp streetlights to LED lamp streetlights of a comparable color and brightness. LED lighting is much more cost efficient and will have both economic and environmental benefits for our community. Those benefits include: Through an estimated 70% power use reduction, a savings of over $1,200,000 million dollars in utility costs over 20 years could be realized as compared to our current HPS lamp streetlights.LED lamp fixtures will yield reduced maintenance and repair costs because LED lamps burn out or fail much less frequently as compared to HPS lamps.Reduced energy consumption and carbon footprint which supports the Action Item 1 from the Triple Bottom Line, Resilience, Culture Section of the 2019 Comprehensive Plan. This Action Item specified that the Village "Improve energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption by considering efficiency standards…and monitoring Village buildings for energy efficiency and making needed changes as soon as possible."We Want to Hear From You! The 5400-5300 block of Kent Avenue has been set up as the Village pilot location displaying two LED lamp wattages under consideration (20 watt and 25 watt). Both options are a 2700 Kelvin color temperature (warm white/yellow), very similar to our current HPS lamp color and in compliance with the American Medical Association's street lighting guidelines. See the attached map for more information. The northern three bulbs on the block are 25 watt. Circled in red in the map.The southern three bulbs on the block are 20 watt. Circled in black in the map.We encourage you to visit the pilot location after dusk on or before Monday, September 27, 2021 and share your bulb preference via our online feedback form below. Feedback can also be submitted via email to [email protected] or in person at the Village Public Works Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 4:45 p.m. at Whitefish Bay Village Hall in the Second Floor Meeting Room This press release was produced by the City of Whitefish Bay. The views expressed here are the author's own.