Efficient LED street lighting: effeSTRADA+ is extended
After the successful first phase, the sustainable lighting support program effeSTRADA+ will continue from January 16, 2017, and new projects can be submitted again.
effeSTRADA is the national funding program of the Lighting Industry Association (fvb) to support municipalities in converting their street lighting to an intelligent LED solution. effeSTRADA is promoted by ProKilowatt and coordinated by the Professional Association of the Lighting Industry (fvb). The Swiss Agency for Energy Efficiency (S.A.F.E.) is responsible for the operational management of the program. Neutral experts are on hand to provide advice and monitor the program.
Targets exceeded
The purpose of effeSTRADA is clear: to promote energy-efficient lighting in public spaces. Street lighting accounts for about 1.5 percent of total electricity consumption in Switzerland. Modern LEDs in combination with intelligent control could save 70 percent of the energy.
With the funding amount of 1 million Swiss francs, effeSTRADA pursued the goal of triggering investments in the amount of 5 million Swiss francs and saving 1.7 million kWh of electricity per year from 2014-16. According to Daniel Cathomen (fvb), the goals of the first phase of effeSTRADA were achieved faster than expected and were also significantly exceeded: instead of the targeted 5000 LED light points, 5500 were funded. However, many more were submitted. Several projects had to be rejected because the savings were too low or because the criteria were not met. In the end, projects were rejected and the budget was exhausted.
Furthermore, 390 kWh/a were saved per light point and year instead of 345 kWh/a. With energy savings over 20 years, a quota of 124 percent was thus achieved, namely 42.7 GWh instead of 34.5 GWh. A total of 48 communities were supported. effeSTRADA paid 100 Swiss francs per light point.
Funding threshold lowered
With effeSTRADA+, the successor project which starts on January 16, 2017, the bonus of 100 Swiss francs per light point remains the same. For this, applications from 25 (previously 50 light points LED) will be funded, if the luminaire is equipped with a motion detector. At least 225 kWh/a (previously 200 kWh/a) are to be saved per light point; as a rule, old sodium vapor lamps are replaced. The subsidy program will run for three years, or until the subsidies of 1.2 million Swiss francs have been exhausted. The funded projects must be completed no later than 18 months after submission.
Registration for the grant program at: www.effestrada.ch
Author: Stefan Harmann, Press store
