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North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

Citywide LED Street Light Retrofit Project

OsideNews October 25, 2014

Oceanside CA- A citywide LED street light retrofit project has the city losing its night-time ambient orange glow. Southern Contracting began the replacement of approximately 7,700 high-pressure sodium...

Old streetlights are slowly being replaced by new energy-efficient LED fixtures as the city of Encinitas plans to replace the approximately 3,000 streetlights throughout the community. On Encinitas Boulevard looking east toward Cerro Street late April 1, the old lights give off an amber glow on the left. On the right, the new lights produce a bright blue-white. (Photo by Scott Allison)

Night in a new light: Encinitas swaps sodium for LEDs

Christopher Earley April 6, 2012

Encinitas recently joined a growing number of California communities that have taken steps to improve energy efficiency by converting many of their street lights to LED technology. Funded by grant money...

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