Calls for all cities to adopt LED streetlights by 2025

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Smart Data 0

If the entire world switched to LEDs, lighting’s share of power consumption would fall from 15% to 8%. That’s according to Philips Lighting, which has called for all cities to adopt 100% LED...

Shopping centre bags serious energy savings

Aug 29, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0

A shopping centre in Northern Ireland has cut its electricity bill by a third after installing energy efficient lighting upgrades. The Kennedy Centre in Belfast had its 26-year old system upgraded...

UK pet retailer makes pawsitive change with LED system

Apr 09, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Top Stories 0

A UK pet retailer has slashed energy use by a third by installing energy efficient lighting systems. Pets at Home spent £8 million implementing the LED project last year across its 437 stores....

Philips switches on bird-friendly LED streetlights

Mar 27, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Energy Efficiency 0

Philips Lighting is to roll out energy efficient LED streetlights in the Netherlands that have been designed to be friendly to migrating birds. It claims the street lighting could cut energy...

London streetlights go green

Jan 02, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Top Stories 0

A London council is to start making its streetlights more sustainable. Barking and Dagenham Borough Council is to receive a £6.8 million green loan from the Green Investment Bank (GIB). It...

GIB provides £10.2m for Kent’s street lights

Oct 25, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Energy Efficiency 0

The Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £10.2 million in a street lighting project in Kent. The money will part-fund Kent County Council’s £40 million project, which involves the...

India to get cheaper LEDs

Aug 10, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Energy Efficiency 0

People in India will get cheaper LED lightbulbs from October. State-run firm Energy Efficient Services will distribute them to consumers at a price of Rs 220 (£2.5) per bulb. Depending on the...

Switch to LEDs to save UK council £14m

Aug 03, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Energy Efficiency, Top Stories 0

Bolton Council expects to save millions of pounds on energy bills over 20 years as a result of being energy efficient. More than half of Bolton’s street lamps have been switched to LEDs since...

Smart grid technologies ‘to save $18.8bn by 2021’

Jul 20, 2016 Jacqueline Echevarria Smart Data 0

The deployment of smart grid technologies will deliver $18.8 billion (£14.3bn) in cost savings by 2021. That’s according to a report from Juniper which states this will be achieved through...

Lighting upgrades to save Coventry Council £22m

Jul 20, 2016 Priyanka Shrestha Energy Efficiency, Top Stories 0

Coventry Council is to save millions of pounds on its energy bills, thanks to an extensive street lighting upgrade programme. The £55 million ‘Lighting Coventry’ project saw more than 25,000...