Pennsylvania cities Ambler and Sunbury have joined the Cree LED City® initiative. Both cities upgrade streets lights with LED fixtures from Spring City Electrical Manufacturing Company, featuring Cree’s XLamp® MC-E and XP-E LEDs.

The Borough of Ambler, located 15 miles north of Philadelphia, installed decorative Borough-style LED luminaires along Race Street. Each luminaire has a maximum input of 74 Watts and delivers light comparable to a 150-watt high pressure sodium lamp. Spring City projects an energy savings of 60 percent and maintenance savings of $15 per year for each fixture, or more than $100 saved each year for the installation.

Sunbury, located on the bank of the Susquehanna River, recently completed its installation of 10 Washington-style LED streetlights for an anticipated energy savings of 43 percent compared to traditional metal halide lighting. Sunbury city officials estimate the LED lights will save $29 per fixture each year, for an overall annual savings of $290.

Deb Lovig, Cree LED programs manager pointed out that these installations represent the continued efforts of civic leaders like those in Ambler and Sunbury to achieve sustainability goals by making the switch to high efficiency, low-maintenance, mercury-free LEDs.