GE has installed its award-winning Evolve™ LED roadway street lights in the city of East Cleveland to replace 45 standard-technology municipal street lights on  a one-mile block along Noble Road serves as a demonstration to other municipalities of the benefits of a higher-efficiency lighting system.

It’s estimated that the new GE Evolve LED street lights will reduce the city’s energy use by 28 million watts a year.

In addition, earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the International Association of Lighting Designers  sponsored the event for “excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaries for general illumination lighting.”  GE Lighting and its LED unit, GE Lighting Solutions, earned more awards than any other company in the 2010 Next Generation Luminaires™ (NGL) Competition, including a Best-in-Class award for the GE Evolve™ LED street lighting system.

Furthermore, GE LED lighting products for refrigerated display, architectural and outdoor applications were also recognized in the competition.