GE Lighting, together with its Australian partner UGL Limited, has secured a A$7 million project through a tender to replace about  6,450 street and park lights in the City of Sydney over the next three years. In an Australian first, the City of Sydney will roll-out new energy-efficient LED street and park lighting, halving electricity use and carbon pollution compared to conventional lights. UGL Limited, headquartered in Australia, is a global leader in outsourced engineering, asset management and property services.

The City’s existing street light lamp sources include incandescent, fluorescent, high pressure mecurity, high pressure sodium, metal halide, and compact fluorescent. With the new LED lights, the City is expected to:
Save nearly A$800,000 a year in electricity bills and reduced maintenance costs due to their longer life span compared to conventional lights.
Meet the City’s target to reduce electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 40%.
Provide a minimum functional life expectancy or lifespan of at least 30,000 hours at 30% lumen depreciation as specified in IES LM-79 and LM-80 standards.

The replacement roll-out followed 18 months of successful trials in Sydney’s Alexandria Park, Circular Quay, George Street, Kings Cross and Martin Place. In a public survey conducted by the City, more than 90% of people using the areas found the new lighting appealing, and three-quarters said it improved visibility.

Currently, one-third of the City of Sydney’s annual electricity use and a large part of its greenhouse gas emissions result from public lighting. The City is one of the largest users of street lighting in New South Wales, Australia, with 22,000 lights. The lights replacement project will bring the City of Sydney closer to its Sustainable 2030 vision to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 2006 levels. 

"Rolling out LED lights across the city will help us deliver a 70% cut in greenhouse gas emissions, on 2006 levels, by 2030 - one of the most ambitious targets of any Australian government," said Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore.” 

(From Left to Right) Ms Maryrose Sylvester, President & CEO of GE Lighting; Ms Clover Moore, Lord Mayor, City of Sydney; Ms Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney; and Mohamed Butt, President and CEO of GE Lighting Asia.

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GE’s new LED lights installed at George Stree.

GE’s new LED lights installed at Martin Place.