Seattle LED street lights save 300,000 annually

　　In the city of Seattle installed thousands of LED lights, these street lights for the city to save about $ 300,000 per year , and a lot of these LED lights continue to install the expected end of 2014 , the entire city will be equipped with 41,000 LED lights, By then, will cut $ 2.4 million per year of municipal operating costs .

　　Last year , Seattle City North 65th Street between Canal and installed the 6000 LED lights , now the installation process has been carried out to the second step, in the adjacent residential installation of LED lights . This year , the contractor will continue installing the northern end of North 65th Street 12000 LED lights.

　　Bruce Harrell said: " In today 's challenging economy , every opportunity to save money is very important for us , we want every penny blades are used on the new LED lights not only energy but also reduces the maintenance costs , while also providing better and safer lighting . "

　　Jorge Carrasco said : "LED street lights installed performance even better than expected last year , we expect to reduce the energy consumption of about 40 %, but their actual power than the original 48% reduction in the high-pressure sodium lamps ." The most significant improvement is lighting the color is described as " comparable with moonlight ", a white color can be reproduced more realistic and better peripheral vision and depth of field , thereby improving the safety of motorists and pedestrians . Seattle people liked this light , the satisfaction survey found that 85 percent of residents in favor of this streetlight change.