Council will continue to transition the lighting in our buildings and facilities to LED, prioritising our highest energy consuming buildings and facilities.
LED stands for light emitting diode. LED lighting products produce light up to 90% more efficiently than incandescent light bulbs.
Council's Assets & Property team undertake an on-going LED lighting upgrade program. Many Council buildings, facilities and public lighting have received LED upgrades to date.
LED upgrades at Yackandandah Senior Citizens (14 Wellsford St):
Replace existing faulty fluorescent lighting in Supper room with new LED Diffused Light panels. Affecting NMI 6305595239.
Planned for delivery in the 2023 calendar year.
This is an on-going action for all staff involved in scoping and managing new building construction and major renovations / restorations.
Examples of new builds with LED lighting include:
Upgrade affecting NMI 6305640090. Action was grant funded.
Affecting NMI 6305640764.
Cost $2,817
Replacing fluorescent lights with LED. This action will reduce our Scope 3 emissions (leased facility).
Note: Project not listed on Trellis because facility & utilities managed by tenant.
New tennis courts and LED lights were installed to required sports standards.
New sports courts and LED lights were installed to required sports standards for tennis and netball.
The new courts consisted of 8 poles with LED AAA-Lux lighting (spec sheet is attached). We also upgraded the lighting to an existing netball court with the same lights.
Lighting requirements from the specification:
Partial LED upgrades undertaken in Beechworth Library in October 2021, affecting usage for NMI 6305007805.
The project cost was $106.26
Action will reduce Scope 3 emissions (leased facility).
Partial LED lighting upgrades have been completed for external lighting for NMIs 6305007805, 6305599635 and 6305600194. These meter numbers correspond to the Beechworth Library and Beechworth Historic Precinct.
Partial upgrade affecting NMI 6305641130.
Upgrade to Baarmutha Park external lighting, in Beechworth. Affecting NMI 6305476083.
Note: Upgrade not recorded in Trellis because facility and utilities accounts are managed by Committee of Management.
Upgrade affecting NMI 6305599983.
Cost: $185.36
Upgrades occurred 16/07/2021 and 01/08/2021 affecting NMI 6305640768.
Cost: $213.86
Upgrades to Council Offices affecting NMIs 6305938407 and INSC05.
Affecting NMI 6305630207.
Street lights were significantly upgraded in 2015 to 18W LED lights which are more energy efficient than the former 80W Mercury Vapour.
It was part of the LEDing by Example project, Council's largest energy reduction project at the time, which resulted in a significant reduction in energy use, operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions associated with street lights.
The project included the changeover of standard 80W mercury vapour street lights on residential and Council-managed roads. It excluded decorative street lightning and VicRoads-managed roads.
Approximately 98% of the old lights were recycled in the project.
A large-scale lighting upgrade was conducted at the Council works depot in Yackandandah. It included to change over of all high bay lights and the majority of fluorescent standard lighting across the site.
In addition to the energy and maintenance improvements, site users were impressed with the highly responsive and superior lighting output of the LEDs. The project led to further lighting upgrades at Council's Chiltern and Rutherglen depots.
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Changing over multiple buildings at once to realise economies of scale.
Operational savings through efficient lighting – savings reflect % efficiency improvement.
Replace old 150W Metal Hallide lighting in Main Hall (Rutherglen Hall, 153 High St, Rutherglen) with new 100W LED lighting. We have allowed to replace 18 of the existing 30 lights as the new LED lights should provide a similar level of lighting to the existing.