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Home My WebLink AboutENG 14-14 C'ifq°q Report to Executive Committee I _ KERI Report Number: ENG 14-14 Date: July 7, 2014 • From: Richard Holborn Director, Engineering & Public Works • Tom Melymuk Director, City Development Subject: Municipal Street Light Design Standards - Use of LED lighting for future street lighting initiatives - File: A 1440 Recommendation: 1. That Report ENG 14-14 of the Director, Engineering & Public Works regarding the use of LED roadway lighting for future street lighting initiatives be accepted; 2. That Council endorse the use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology as the City standard for street lighting in the Seaton Community; 3. That Council endorse the use of LED technology in future street lighting capital projects, maintenance programs and other new development projects where appropriate; and 4. That the appropriate City staff be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect to these recommendations. Executive Summary: An increasing number of municipalities are investigating and adopting alternate technologies to the current use of High Pressure Sodium (HPS) as the primary source for roadway lighting. With continued manufacturing improvements to Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, it has become the technological choice for roadway lighting, providing numerous benefits including immediate and realistic reductions of 40 to 60% in energy consumption and operating costs in comparison to HPS. The City of Pickering currently owns and operates approximately 7,312 municipal street lights. However, it will soon experience significant program expansion as a result of the pending Seaton development. Given the role of sustainable placemaking as a corporate priority, staff recommends the use of LED technology as the City's street lighting standard in Seaton as well as for future street lighting capital projects, maintenance programs and new development projects in south Pickering where appropriate. 267 Report ENG 14-14 July 7, 2014 Subject: Municipal Street Light Design Standards Use of LED lighting for future street lighting initiatives Page 2 Financial Implications: The use of LED lighting technology for municipal street lighting is generally directed at the Seaton community and the City's subsequent assumption of new lighting infrastructure installed through development. The initiative has no immediate direct cost to the City as future street lighting conversions will likely be accommodated by capital improvements, where appropriate. While LED lighting and associated components are slightly more expensive than comparative HPS lighting, the benefits related to their use (as detailed in the report), as well as continual manufacturing advances and product improvements, will offset the capital cost increases. While new development and future capital lighting projects will have low increased costs, offset reductions in operating and maintenance costs as well as lighting improvements justify the technological change. Discussion: The City currently provides roadway lighting as a public service in compliance to the Municipal Act Municipalities are not mandated by legislation to provide roadway lighting. However, like all Ontario municipalities, the City provides roadway lighting on municipal streets as a public service and safety initiative for both vehicular and pedestrian use. By providing roadway lighting, it is required to operate roadway lighting in compliance to the Municipal Act and established lighting standards. To-date, the North American street lighting industry and the judicial system has adopted the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) document RP-8, prepared by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), as the definitive minimum roadway lighting standard. While the RP-8 document identifies roadway lighting design criteria and speaks to factors which affect the selection of lighting sources, it does not promote any specific technologies. The IES does publish associated documents which serve as industry guides for the evaluation and selection of the various lighting types. There is a variety of street lighting technology on the City's roadways While the City does not have a standard street light design component in its municipal Development Control Design Standards, the City has generally adopted the use of High Pressure.Sodium as the current light source technology. However, the City's current city wide street light infrastructure consists of a variety of light source technologies presented in a variety of wattages and architectural styles (see Attachment#1). • • CORP0227-07/01 revised 268 Report ENG 14-14 July 7, 2014 Subject: Municipal Street Light Design Standards Use of LED lighting for future street lighting initiatives Page 3 These technologies consist of: • Incandescent, older"bonnet" style lighting in Whitevale (66 lights) • Mercury Vapour, older lighting found throughout Pickering (582 lights) • High Pressure Sodium, used throughout the City including in current new development (6,621 lights) • Light Emitting Diode, recently installed on Dixie Road as the City's initial pilot project test site and on Pickering Parkway (43 lights) Specific light source and wattage details are as follows (based on Veridian Operational . and billing Information- year 2013): Wattage Light Source Total Lights 50 High Pressure Sodium 7 70 High Pressure Sodium 64 100 High Pressure Sodium • 4,996 150 High Pressure Sodium 374 200 High Pressure Sodium 996 250 High Pressure Sodium 184 200 Incandescent 66 175 Mercury Vapour 24 200 Mercury Vapour 1 250 Mercury Vapour 501 400 Mercury Vapour 56 90 LED 7 250 LED 36 - Total Street Lights 7,312 The City's municipal lighting assets noted above are similar to other municipalities with the exception of a small number of municipalities that have initiated complete conversions to alternative light sources, predominantly Induction and LED. Some municipalities that have converted to Induction are experiencing component failure and replacement part supply problems, and associated high maintenance costs, as well as difficulties achieving sufficient lighting (compliance to RP-8) due to wide pole spacing applications. As a result, LED lighting has become the current operational choice and industry leading standard. Many municipalities have or are in the process of adopting LED as the future light source technology and are implementing municipal street light CORP0227-07/01 revised 269 Report ENG 14-14 July 7, 2014 Subject: Municipal Street Light Design Standards Use of LED lighting for future street lighting initiatives Page 4 conversion to LED projects via future development and capital projects (Oshawa & Whitby) or via full infrastructure conversion projects such as Mississauga and Markham. There are significant benefits to the City by adopting LED Technology as our future standard for street lighting Light-emitting diodes (LED's) are semiconductor devices that emit light when an electric current passes through them. They are designed for low current applications, use less voltage and produce less heat which results in longer lifespans, lower maintenance costs and most importantly use substantially less energy. Specific benefits are: • realistic reduction of energy use of 40-60% in comparison to equivalent HPS lighting • reliability due to solid state construction • longevity as the typical life span of an LED light fixture is 15 to 20 years • Improved light quality as LED lighting produces better colour rendition • available in a range of color temperatures providing cold to warm lighting • reduced light pollution as LED lighting can be highly focused and directional • reduced maintenance as LED fixtures don't use singular light bulbs • LED lighting does not contain mercury or lead as found in HPS lighting • reduced carbon dioxide emissions To date, the use of LED for street lighting in most Durham municipalities has been limited to the 2006 Durham Regional Traffic signal "conversion to LED""program, and various small scale pilot projects. In 2011, the City initiated a pilot project to replace 36, 200W HPS street lights on Dixie Road with 259W LED. This increased wattage was needed to ensure roadway lighting level compliance with RP-8 requirements (which previously were not met) while utilizing the newly reconstructed hydro pole spacing. Overall, the conversion experience was positive. Additionally, the City has recently installed 7 - 90W Philips Leonis LED decorative streetlights along Pickering Parkway in conjunction with the pedestrian bridge over Hwy 401 and relocated Durham Transit layby. LED is an emerging technology with continued rapid advances and a large number of international manufactures, including, Philips, GE, Cooper, Cree and LED Roadway. In recognition of emerging technology challenges and the need to assist municipalities in adopting the use of LED technology for street lighting purposes, LightSavers Canada in conjunction with the Canadian Urban Institute have developed "Model Technical Specifications for Procurement of LED Luminaries in Canada". This document draws on the results of independent test results and input from various Ontario municipal street light administrators as well as the Toronto Atmoshpheric Fund, an agency created to promote the municipal selection, monitoring and evaluating LED lighting initiatives. Staff will be using this document as a reference to establish municipal specifications. 270 CORP0227-07/01 revised • Report ENG 14-14 July 7, 2014 Subject: Municipal Street Light Design Standards Use of LED lighting for future street lighting initiatives Page 5 The design vision for Seaton is to consider sustainability elements in both the public and private realm. The provision for LED street light technology contributes towards achieving a sustainable community in Seaton. With the pending development in the Seaton community and the subsequent impact to the City with regards to street lighting administration and cost, staff recommend that LED technology be adopted by the City as the new corporate standard light source. The conversion would see the reduction in both energy use and maintenance costs while providing environmental benefits and improved color rendering and lighting controls. Attachments: 1. Existing Street Light Infrastructure Prepared - : Approved/Endorsed By: j' ,4* At Mike Pelzow-'� ET Richar% Holborn/*. Eng. Coordinator, r' •J. & Infrastructure Contracts Dire, or, Engineering & Public Works Grant McGregor, M.Sd) MCIP, RPP Tom Melym k; P, RPP Manager, Sustainability & Economic Director, City De elopment Development MP:ds Recommended for the consideration of Pickering • y Council ) ike-W it-zikte t Tony Prevedel, P.Eng. Chief Administrative Officer CORP0227-07/01 revised 271 i City of Pickering Attachment Existing Streetlight Infrastructure i � 20; s � r 41 .,.,. 4 F Fig. 1, Bonnet- Incandescent Fig. 5, Box, Mercury Vapour Fig. 9, Small Box, HPS ... . 11, er riF Fig. 2, Rural, Incandescent Fig. 6, Box, HPS Fig. 10, Narrow Coach, HPS Fig. 3, Cobra Drop, HPS Fig. 7, Cobra Flat, HPS Fig. 11, Coach, HPS 1111.1 , i iit,.. ,,,.,:„... . .. , 4 ..,,,,.,74.04,-,‘ 1 1 � Fig. 4, Large Coach, HPS Fig. 8, Phillips, LED Fig. 12, Cooper, LED 272