Cutting bills by 25 %
In Angus, Scotland, the dimming of street lights is to be trialled in order to cut the council’s carbon footprint and its electricity bills. The dimming of street lights will be trialled for a one-year period. Officials report that the dimming of street lights has the potential to cut the council’s electricity bills by 25 %.
It is unclear which company will be running the trial, but it can be confirmed that savings of more than 25 % are achievable. At the Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt 2008, the Danish utility company Amplex demonstrated several examples of savings generated from street light dimming ranging from 26 % in Istanbul, Turkey to 35 % in Salatiga, Indonesia just to name a few projects. Similar savings have also been achieved in China, Kuwait, UAE, Malta, Denmark and Malaysia.