New York City has installed almost 1,600 LED luminaires along paths throughout its iconic Central Park – a move that will cut energy consumption associated with park lighting by 62 percent and result in roughly $30,000 in maintenance savings every year.
The demonstration project is a collaboration between the New York Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Energy and is meant to test the impact on replacement costs and energy consumption. The results of Gateway demonstrations are published for other organizations to reference for their own lighting retrofit projects.
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