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Some councils and municipalities have regulations and restrictions on the physical design and form of renewable energy assets . This is usually for aesthetic and urban design impacts , and sometimes for maintenance reasons .
Conclusion
LED street lighting is the dominant and now clearly proven street light luminaire technology worldwide for new and major retrofit deployments and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future . Legacy technologies are all in their sunset phases for all but failure replacements and minor project continuations .
Observation of international LED applications does not indicate a single dominant supplier of LED luminaires or indeed a single dominant product design configuration . The same can be said for smart control systems approaches .
Luminaire concepts and construction materials are evolving progressively and are providing steady improvements in price / performance ratios . The large annual reductions in luminaire pricing experienced over the last five to six years have slowed , but there appears to be an opportunity for further price reductions , particularly in the higher output LED luminaire segments .
Smart controls are being deployed for cost saving and for strategic business reasons . A dominant smart controls technology and smart controls application approach has not yet emerged and it is likely that for some time , different technical platforms and business models will be relevant according to the application needs of the project and the client .
The vision of the SLSC Programme is to see this mission delivered through a near full deployment of LEDs and smart controls in Australia by 2027 .
As outlined in Section 7 , on a like-for-like basis , this will enable :
1 . A 52 %+ reduction in street lighting energy use .
2 . A 52 %+ reduction in consequent GHG emissions .
3 . A 25 % reduction in total costs for councils and main road authorities .
4 . A material reduction in road crashes ( and consequent fatalities and serious injuries ) at night .
5 . A reduction in the fear of crime and actual street crime at night .
6 . The elimination of mercury in street lighting .
We thank IPWEA for allowing Australian Govlink to reference Street Lighting and Smart Controls Roadmap . To obtain a copy of the complete paper follow this link http :// www . slsc . org . au / home
GOVLINK ยป ISSUE 1 2017