II.9
Bristol City, UK – efficient & safe
The Challange
Replace the street lighting for one of the short-listed cities for the 2014 Green Capital
Award with a new solution which makes the pedestrians feel safer and reduce the car-
bon footprint of the city.
Our Solution
GE Lighting has upgraded the street lighting in Bristol to deliver an energy efficient , white
light solution with higher efficiency CMH Streetwise™ lamps.
Key Benefits
•
Safer roads with white light
•
Better facial recognition
•
24,000 hour rated lifetime
•
4.2M KWH and £500,000 saving
per year
•
Reduced CO
2
emissions
•
High lumen maintenance
•
Dimmable solution
High Intensity Discharge Lamps
White light solution
dimmable light
Reduced energy consumption
and CO
2
emission
safer roads
“We are delighted with the street lighting
upgrade to GE’s StreetWise™ ceramic
metal halide lamps. Along with other
energy reduction projects financed with
interest free loans from Salix&Seels
the overall result is astounding and will
not only make our streets safer but will
enable Bristol to save 4.2M kWh and
£500,000 per year on our energy bills as
well as a reduction in CO
2
emissions.”
Robbie Park,
Principal Lighting Officer
for Bristol City Council