LED Street Lights in Alaska

Details

• Creators:
  Wies, Richard ; Ellingson, Dalton ; Elbert, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  Alaska University Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Alaska. Department of Transportation. Research, Development, and Technology Transfer
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Street lighting
  • Street lighting
  • LED
  • Street lights
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-AK-RD-xx-xx ; INE/AUTC 12.11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Edition:
  Final report; Sept. 1, 2008-Sept. 1, 2010.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Abstract:
  During winter nights in Alaska, streetlights often remain lit more than half the day, using energy all the while. Around the nation, communities are exploring the use of ; light-emitting diode technology for lighting streets and reducing energy use. Already, LED technology is successfully used in flashlights and electronic billboards. Some ; researchers suggest that, under ideal conditions, an LED streetlight system might use 50% to 75% less energy than a traditional streetlight system, with a longer ; performance life, too. In general, LED devices tend to be less fragile, switching on and off quickly, without flickering. LED technology, which may be the next step in ; efficient indoor lighting after fluorescents, is moving into the municipal streetlight market as a possible alternative to high-pressure sodium lamps. For this reason, AUTC ; researchers at UAA are exploring the use of LED streetlight technology for the Municipality of Anchorage.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  AUTC# 207099 ; DTRT06-G0011
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25035/dot_25035_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.20 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0698f2c84d473b810399201212574ac525b496ccd4f0863b21579720623874b4