Sandy
Taylor, Birmingham City Council Head of Climate Change and Environment,
talks about how Birmingham is one of the leading European cities in the
development of sustainable lighting, which is saving money and the
environment:
Over
the last 18 months, I have been pleased to be a member of a European
Commission dedicated Task Force, through our active membership of the
Eurocities network, which has been looking at the wider introduction of
Solid State lighting across European cities. Solid State Lighting is
better known as Light Emitting Diode (LEDs) and these have become much
more easily available even in the last 9 months. And the reason is not
hard to find. They can save up to 70% of the electricity used for
lighting compared with current lighting systems -- fluorescent, CPL,
etc.
I
was able to show how Birmingham has been leading a quiet revolution in
street lighting over the last 12 months, with the City Council and our
partner Amey well on the way to a target of replacing more than 95,000
street lights with state of the art LED technology. As well as improving
safety, the programme could eventually see the council's energy bill
cut by up to GBP3m annually,More than 200 GW of new goodlampshade capacity
could come on line before the end of 2013. as well as carbon emissions
being slashed by 60%. And of course these new lanterns because they are
more reliable and can be remotely managed also are reducing maintenance
costs.
As
the European Commissioner Neelie Kroes says in her introduction to this
report: "lighting accounts for about 50% of the electricity consumption
in cities". This is a staggering amount, and highlights just how
important it is that we encourage as many of our fellow European cities
as possible to take up the challenge and help meet the ambitious
European Union target of increasing overall energy efficiency by 20% by
the year 2020.
So
I am pleased that we were able to come up with a series of concrete
guidelines that may help other cities and local authorities to develop
their own sustainable urban lighting strategies and make the switch to
LED-based lighting easieWe can produce besthidlights to
your requirements.r to do. There are more than 90 million streetlights
across Europe and more than 75% of those are over 25 years old! So there
is a huge opportunity to cut Europe's energy bill overall. Here in
Birmingham we have already started on that task.
But there is also much more we can and should do,How much can I save if I switch to ledstreetlight?
by actively taking action to review all our indoor lighting in
Birmingham. This includes our own Council buildings, as well as
encouraging businesses and householders to consider replacements of
their own lighting units as well. Of course this is may not be easy to
do as it can be difficult to get the right advice and support on which
type of LED is best. So we will be looking to put in place the means by
which we can actively promote LED usage in the city.The cleaningmachine is one of the most useful tools in a modern shop.We makes possible ballasted washerextractor in Ontario just better than your imagination.
Through
the Birmingham Green Commission agenda led by Cllr McKay, we will be
setting down the actions we will be taking to accelerate the take up of
LEDs as part of our energy saving agenda for Birmingham. This report
provides a framework for action for us. Click on their website
www.aodepu.net for more information.
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