Earlier this year the City and the County made some changes to several traffic signals around town by changing out the old lights for new LED lights. Our share of the project to change the lights was $11,688.79. We’re now starting to see the results of the project. For example, the energy cost for the month of March 2007 for the traffic signal at Eden Prairie Road/EdenWood Drive, which has a yellow, a red, & a green light on it, was $112.90. The energy bill for the same traffic light for March 2008 was $47.13. For the traffic light at Pioneer Trail & Dell Road, the energy cost for the month of May 2007 was $204.58. For May 2008, the energy cost for the same exact traffic light was $24.48. Very significant savings, and more savings to come as we add more LED traffic lights to our system.
Saving Money With LED Traffic Lights
July 31, 2008 – 1:49 pm
