Policy / Systems / Technology

December 20, 2012

 

Fukuoka City to Switch from Old Fluorescent to LED Lights

Keywords: Local government Policy / Systems 

Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture announced on August 1, 2012, plans to upgrade from old fluorescent to light-emitting diode (LED) lights as an electricity saving measure. The city will replace, through a lease arrangement, twenty thousand of the sixty thousand lights currently in use at city-owned facilities.

An LED lamp consumes power at roughly half the rate, or 21 watts, to emit the same amount of light as a 43-watt old fluorescent lamp. To date, Fukuoka City has switched from old fluorescent to energy-saving high-frequency fluorescent lights (30 watts), spending about 7,100 yen (about U.S.$92) per light. Under the new arrangement, however, it will introduce LEDs under an 8-year lease and save about 21 million yen (about U.S.$270,000), since the cost of the lease is less than how much it would save in utility bills and the cost to upgrade to energy-saving fluorescent lights.

Fukuoka City will also consider expanding the project to introduce more LED lights through lease after evaluating the benefits of the initial project.

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