Big potential to reduce UK CO2

E.ON Sustainable Energy and Advanced LED’s have launched the Marlin LED street light. These lights consume up to 70% less energy, and have the potential to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint by 853,013 tonnes. Thanks to their long life, they have, in trials, delivered estimated whole life running cost savings of up to a third.

The Marlin has been successfully tested at a number of E.ON sites and accredited as S class compliant and suitable for the high standards required for the street lighting PFI market.

The street light is produced in Coventry, by Remploy, and contains no harmful mercury or heavy metals, meaning that they are cost effective to dispose of at the end of their life. The lights will last in excess of 150,000 hours, backed up by a 25 year guarantee. In comparison to conventional street lights of 12,000 hours – which in long term trials has been shown to reduce whole life running costs by a third4.

Suitable for use by local authorities on highways, public spaces and in the private sector for car parks and business premises the bright white light provided by the Marlin street lights provides superior visibility to traditional sodium street lights for pedestrians and vehicles. In trials the superior quality of the light was shown to improve the resolution of CCTV pictures offering benefits for public safety.

More information: www.eonenergy.com