Plasma Coming Soon to Indiana

摘要

LED streetlights are becoming increasingly prelavent, but they may soon have competition from light-emitting plasma (LEP), another burgeoning technology. One municipality has already adopted LEPs instead of LEDs. The city of Scottsburg, IN, will replace more than 600 existing HID streetlights with new LEP streetlights. The LEPs are reportedly a lower-cost alternative to LEDs because they contain less silicon and are less expensive to manufacture. Led by mayor William Graham, Scottsburg officials evaluated several replacement options and selected streetlights from Stray Light Optical Technologies with LEPs from Luxim. The replacement fixtures will cut maintenance costs and energy use in half and save the city an estimated $70,000 per year.