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Receive a Report Regarding LED Conversion Options for Outdoor Lighting.
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Staff:
Department:
John Richardson, Community Resilience Officer
Manager's Office
Phil Fleischmann, Director
Parks & Recreation
Lance Norris, Director
Public Works
Kumar Neppalli, Traffic Engineering Manager
Overview: The Council strives to lower the amount of energy we use throughout town. On September 25, 2019, the Council adopted a resolution asking the Manager to change all standard street lights to LED (light emitting diode), which will result in 50% less energy usage for the 2,000 lights that are being replaced. As part of this action, the Council also asked the Manager to return with information comparing the costs and benefits of converting other outdoor lighting to LED, such as decorative street lights, park athletic field lights and outdoor facility lights. The attached technical memorandum compares each of these options, summarizes the results and lists some possible next steps for pursuing them.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council receive the staff's technical report.
Fiscal Impact/Resources: There are no fiscal impacts associated with this item.
Where is this item in its process?
Attachments:
* Technical Memorandum
Technical Memorandum January 16, 2020
Prepared by Town Staff from Parks & Recreation,
Public Works and the Manager's Office
Key Findings
* Changing all of the decorative street lights, park athletic field lights, and outdoor lights at Town facilities to LED would lower the carbon footprint from Town operations by about 3%, or a reduction of 404 metric tons.
* An investment in LED lighting will save energy and reduce carbon emissions for each of the three lighting types; but there are no long-term cost savings. Outdoor lights at facilities have the best environmental benefit...
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