Montclair, New Jersey 07042

Montclair Township in northern New Jersey recently replaced all traffic light bulbs with LEDs. Each traffic light typically costs $1,300 per month in electricity. They found that LEDs only cost $300 per month resulting in $1,000 per month per light savings!

The cost of converting 14 traffic lights in Montclair was $37,000 which was offset with a $8,800 grant from the NJ clean energy program. It will take 2.4 years for this to be cost effective in electricity alone. Montclair contracted with Public Energy Solutions, LLC to acquire the new LED equipment. For more information, contact Steve Andelfinger, P.E.S., tel: (201) 576 0866.

• LEDs are brighter. The LED arrays fill the entire "hole" and have equal brightness across the entire surface, making them brighter overall.
• LED bulbs last for years, while halogen bulbs last for months. Replacing bulbs costs money for the trucks and people who do the work, and it also ties up traffic. Increasing the replacement interval can save a town or city big dollars.
• LED bulbs save a lot of energy.