Energy Useage Carbon Street Lighting FCC
Public Lighting is the largest Significant Energy Users (SEU) within Fingal County Council. An accelerated LED energy efficiency program has been in place in Fingal County Council since 2019. Around 6,200 existing sodium lights were replaced with LED in 2020 and there are plans to continue at this rate. By the end of 2021, approximately 79% of FCC’s street lighting stock had been converted to LED. Once complete, this retrofit program could achieve savings of 4.4 GWh of TPER and 399 tonnes of CO2 Public Lighting consists of around 34,200 street lamps, which are broken up into three main different light sources. Listed below is a summary of these main light sources and their associated quantity; they are also listed in order of their efficiency:
Light Emitting Diode (LED) – 27,254 lampsLow Pressure Sodium (SOX) – 2,105 lamps
High Pressure Sodium (SON) – 2,086 lampsOther – 2,755 lamps