Street and Traffic Lights

These are projects that have been implemented to Salem street lights and traffics lights to reduce energy usage. 

Total Estimated Annual Savings From All Street and Traffic Light Projects

Dollars: $248,711 

Electricity (kWh): 1,502,427

Carbon Emissions Reduction (equivalents in metric tons): 1,118

The amount of carbon emissions reduction is equivalent to 239 passenger vehicles driven for one year! 

 

Street Lights                                                                                               Street Lights

Street Light Savings

Project Description:                                                                                                                                    LED conversion for city-owned acorn and cobrahead street lights: The lights within the city's street lights were changed to LED lights in order to reduce the energy usage. 

Street Light Graph            This graph shows the usage of kilowats from street lights. It can be seen that the usage decreases substantially in 2017, when the LED conversion of cobrahead streetlights was implemented. 

 

Traffic Lights

Traffic Light Savings

Project Description:                                                                                                                                   LED coversion for traffic and pedestrian lights: The traffic lights for vehicles and pedestrians were changed to LED light bulbs to reduce energy usage.