'An Open Road For Contractors'

摘要

Based on Jim Benyas experience working on an LED streetlighting upgrade in San Diego, where he advised prime contractor Southern Contracting of San Marcos, Calif, he is convinced that "a well-trained, experienced electrical contractor-employing accredited lighting designers and electrical engineers-can do a superior job in this market. Good work included luminance calculations and measurements, street-by-street assessments of critical lighting requirements, block-by-block tuning and curfews, and, above all. The use of state-of-the-art decorative post tops with full shielding. Southern Contracting's Jim Filanc can't say enough about the promise that LEDs, when combined with adaptive controls for roadway lights, hold for improving lighting quality and reducing energy consumption, costs and maintenance. "Based on their digital light properties and transformative nature, adaptively controlled LEDs have the power to reduce the lighting-related energy load by 50 percent or more globally," Filanc said. "In addition, every 12-18 months, we're seeing an up to 20 percent improvement in LED efficiency, and commercially available LED light color temperatures continue to improve as well. For example, in Southern Contracting's project with the City of Oceanside, the city is installing 3.000K color temperatures for use in residential areas and suburbs to create a warmer, more relaxing, and more incandescent-like quality to street lighting and using 4.000K options on more major roadways and arteries to enable greater visibility for both drivers and pedestrians."