The cinema capital is replacing the majority of its streetlights with LEDs. This will save the city more than 60 percent on energy use, and change the hue of its built environment.
Along with their energy-sparing advantages over high-pressure sodium, LEDs’ color temperature brightens outdoor spaces in ways that can increase safety and comfort around roads and streets.
Consumers haven’t gotten the full story about the phase-out of inefficient incandescent lamps. The change in standards is expanding options, not reducing them. We talk to experts who boil down the essential information.