Lighting the way to the Capitol
In January, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, the National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall hosted a lighting ceremony for 174 LED lights on the National Mall in Washington. The bulbs and the retrofit kits needed to install them in the historic bronze streetlamps replaced high intensity discharge and compact fluorescent lighting with solid-state lighting. The lights, donated by OSRAM SYLVANIA and installed pro bono by Pepco, the electric utility that serves the city, will reduce energy use for the streetlamps by up to 65 percent and are expected to last 25 years. For more information about efforts to restore the National Mall, visit the Trust for the National Mall website.
Published Feb. 7, 2012
In January, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, the National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall hosted a lighting ceremony for 174 LED lights on the National Mall in Washington. The bulbs and the retrofit kits needed to install them in the historic bronze streetlamps replaced high intensity discharge and compact fluorescent lighting with solid-state lighting. The lights, donated by OSRAM SYLVANIA and installed pro bono by Pepco, the electric utility that serves the city, will reduce energy use for the streetlamps by up to 65 percent and are expected to last 25 years. For more information about efforts to restore the National Mall, visit the Trust for the National Mall website.
Published Feb. 7, 2012