Energy saving in Street lighting

Energy conservation in street lighting is very crucial point to energy conservation. Because now a days number of cities are increasing rapidly. And basic need for a city is roads, lighting and sewage lines.

As a basic need for city street lighting is consuming nearly 23% of electrical energy. And the main problem is, it remains ON whole night (and some times day also) while it is not required. But if we turn it Off after midnight it shows increase in crime rate in researches. If one use LED lights it costs very high and even more when old fixtures and luminaries have to scrap.

The best way out is using Street light controller, even using longitude latitude based timers instead of street light timers also saves up to 8% energy. But dimming and staggering can raise savings up to 41% which we are already having at Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan (Gujarat). Vadodara is first to get BEE National award for Energy conservation in Street lighting.