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I wonder what the impact has been for a city like Houston that switched from Sodium or Mercury vapor lamps to LEDs for streetlights. I would think that would be pretty considerable.
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Our shop’s monthly electric bill is about $20k so electricity usage savings add up quick. 5 years ago we spent $120k to replace the high bay fluorescent lights with LED. The savings is about $50k a year!
Thanks for the data point, David. Wow, and that was flourescent to LED, and resulted in a 20% decrease. That's impressive. I didn't think LED was that much more efficient than flourescent.
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