LED Street Lighting
Nova Scotia is first province or state in North America to make LED streetlights the law.
LED lights are expected to use less than half the energy of traditional lights and when combined with reduced maintenance costs, the estimated annual savings could be $18 million. They’ll also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30,000 tons.
Many of Nova Scotia’s municipalities have already switched over to LED street lights and are reporting operational savings. Those municipalities include:
- Annapolis Royal—the first town in Canada to be completely refitted with energy-efficient LED street lights (read more here)
- Antigonish—which as so far changed approximately 1,800 street lights to LED (read more here)
- East Hants—(read more here)
For more information, read the press release.