Brighter, Greener Streets for Glen Eira
Glen Eira City Council July 2013 Volume 185 news Council wins Gold at Australasian Reporting Council made the decision in 2011 to fully fund changeover of the street lights to achieve Awards lower greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs. Photo: Maxam Productions. Collecting e-waste on demand Rates: what you pay and Brighter, greener streets why regulars for Glen Eira Business News Youth News len Eira City Council is Glen Eira Mayor Cr Jamie Hyams All the old lights will be recycled. Library News Gcompleting the changeover said this is more than 10 per cent of In addition to financial and of all old 80 watt mercury vapour Council’s greenhouse emissions. environmental benefits, the new lights Recreation News street lights (MV80) in Glen Eira to “The move is equivalent to taking provide a more uniform and slightly Arts News a more energy efficient alternative. 469 cars off the road for good or brighter light across and along the The move will reduce costs and switching 284 Glen Eira households street, have a more appealing colour, greenhouse gas emissions. to 100 per cent solar power,” and dim much less as the lights age. Street lights account for about 40 Cr Hyams said. The new lights use T5 fluorescent per cent of Council’s emissions and So far, about 5,000 lights have been globes. This technology is similar to cost the Glen Eira community close changed over in the local streets of the compact fluorescent lights now to $1 million a year. Bentleigh, Bentleigh East, Brighton common in homes. The new lights use less than a third East, McKinnon, Brighton East, “Council made the decision in 2011 of the energy of the old.
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