Greenburgh to Replace All Streetlights with Energy-Saving Fixtures

The Town of Greenburgh will be replacing all its streetlights with LED lights.

Supervisor Paul Feiner said it was an effort to save energy and control costs.

He said the LED lights—light emitting diode lights—use less electricity than the lights currently in place across the town: high pressure sodium and mercury vapor lights.

The LED lights are guaranteed for 10 years.

A grant program seven years ago enabled the town to install about 130 of the LED fixtures to see how they would perform.

Feiner said those trial fixtures are still working and provide a whiter light than the orange glow of the older style lamps.

The new fixtures will be replaced over the next six months.

Approximately 3,400 cobrahead streelight fixtures will be converted under a $1.4 million contract with Lumen Light Solutions.

It is expected to save the town’s energy usage by 61 percent, or 1.5 million kilowatt hours and will save $345,000 in energy costs each year, based on current energy costs.

The energy savings will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,035 metric tons.