Induction Street Lights to be Installed in Sayville

As part of the Town of Islip's ongoing initiative to embrace energy-efficient technology, the town recently entered into an agreement with Welsbach Electric of Long Island to furnish and install induction lighting in more than 8,000 town-maintained street lights, including many in Sayville.

"In keeping with all of the other steps we have taken here in Islip to reduce our carbon footprint, the induction street lighting project will produce significant energy and cost savings to the Town," said Town of Islip Councilman John Edwards. "I am pleased that we are able to put the block grant money to good use, and hope that eventually, we can replace all of our Town street lighting with these more energy-efficient lights."

Welsbach Electric of Long Island will be installing more than 8,000 of these fixtures around Town in the coming weeks, replacing the low-efficiency, high-wattage street lights with high-efficiency, low-wattage induction street lights. This project will encompass the eastern half of the town and include Sayville and West Sayville. A separate project to do the same work in the western half of the Town is currently in the planning stages.

This work was funded with the Town's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, which was part of the Recovery Act. This move is expected to save the town nearly $250,000 and 1,535,040 kilowatt hours per year.

"Islip is a leader in embracing energy-efficient technology in an effort to both help the environment and save taxpayer money," said Supervisor Phil Nolan. "We will continue taking every step we can to pursue green energy solutions."