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- The project "STREETLIGHT-EPC" created demand and supply for EPC projects in 9 regions by setting up regional EPC facilitation services. These services provide comprehensive support to municipalities (street lighting operators) and SMEs as potential ESCOs.
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The project "STREETLIGHT-EPC" has been successful in creating demand and supply for EPC projects in 9 regions by setting up regional EPC facilitation services. These services provide comprehensive support to municipalities (operators of street lighting) and to SMEs as potential ESCOs.
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- Which measures are typically implemented in a street lighting-EPC project?
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- Which important provisions should the EPC contract contain?
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- LED technology for street lighting
- Key criteria (technical specifications) for a street lighting refurbishment project include:
- Prefer modular construction
- Avoid stray light
- Availability of spare parts
- Define warranty
- Require complete technical specifications
- Be careful with retrofit solutions
- Luminous flux [lumen]:
- Luminous eficacy [lm/W]:
Street lighting refurbishment with LEDs requires significant upfront investments. This is a major barrier for most municipalities in Europe. In many cases, Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) can offer a solution to overcome this obstacle. Energy Performance Contracting is a contractual arrange-ment between a client (e.g. a municipality) and a pro...
ESCO: Energy Service Company, specialised company that offers EPC services ESCO client: municipality/public body (or company) on whose installations an ESCO project is carried out ESCO contract: basis for the cooperation between ESCO and client, regulates rights and obligations for both parties, most importantly the achieved savings, the contract...
Replacement of lamps, new control systems, system optimisation, retrofitting of poles, complete replacement of luminaires. Extending the street lighting system can be incorporated into the project, but can usually not be financed by savings.
In many cases, an investment of several tens of thousands Euro is the minimum, otherwise the cost of preparing the project (including setting up the contract) represents too large of a proportion of the savings. However, this strongly depends on the specific circumstances.
Guaranteed savings and consequences if they are not achieved, respectively allocation of additional savings; contract duration; how the ESCO’s fee is calculated; billing schedule; changes in energy prices; split of tasks between the ESCO and the municipality; ownership issues after the end of the contract; bankruptcy of a contracting party.
An experienced ESCO will strive to integrate existing staff and service providers (e.g. local electrician) into the project. The EPC project might also result in new tasks for the staff previously in charge of some aspect of the street lighting system such as data collection, quality control, the implementation of the measures and the revision of a...
Careful preparation and development are crucial for the successful implementation of an EPC project. At the beginning of the project, all concerned staff should be involved in order to ensure transparency and acceptance by all parties. Good planning of the project and clear requirements for the ESCO in terms of quality criteria are required.
The "baseline" is the basis for calculating the ESCO’s fee. To prevent that factors which are out of the ESCO’s control (e.g. energy prices, change of operation times) act to its advantage or disadvantage, energy costs and energy consumption levels are compared to those of the reference year.
At the end of the contract period, the municipality can take back the ESCO’s tasks and benefit from the lower energy costs. Of course, the contract may also be extended or amended.
The following steps were discussed by the project partners of the Streetlight-EPC project. Depending on the context, these steps can vary significantly.
When preparing LED street lighting projects, it is very important to set quality criteria. These can be used for developing tenders and to compare different offers.
electrical power (wattage) luminous eficacy (light output) light colour expected service life the ability to switch-on/switch-off and control the system (incl. dimming) test certificates
Some LED and electronic modules cannot be separated from the light fixture, requiring that the entire luminaire must replaced in case of failure.
Directed LED lighting usually results in little stray light.
In comparison to conventional discharge lamps, there is no standardisation for LED lamps yet (size, plug, mounting, ballasts, etc.). It is therefore important to ensure the availability of spare parts for the duration of the lamp’s planned service life.
Length and conditions of the warranty should be precisely defined.
In addition to a lighting calculation, a data sheet with the following points should be requested from the ESCO: electrical power (wattage), luminous eficacy (light output), light colour, expected service life, the ability to switch-on/switch-off and control the system (incl. dimming), assembly instructions, test certificates.
Replacing conventional lights in conventional luminaires with LEDs is usually problematic in terms of light direction and heat dissipation and may result in loss of system warranty. Also, the advantages of LED (such as targeted light directing, high eficiency, etc.) are usually not exploited in such solutions.
Indicates the light output - how bright a lamp shines. Attention should be paid to whether the lumen specification refers to the LED chip or the entire LED luminaire.
Luminous flux (how bright the light shines) in relation to the electricity consumption. This permits to determine how eficient a light is and to compare different products. Strom > Licht Strom > Licht W W Strom Licht lm lm W lm
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The project "STREETLIGHT-EPC" created demand and supply for EPC projects in 9 regions by setting up regional EPC facilitation services. These services provide comprehensive support to municipalities (street lighting operators) and SMEs as potential ESCOs.
The EU-Project Streetlight-EPC is funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme and was launched in April 2014 with the objective of triggering the market uptake of EPC through street lighting refurbishment projects.
The project "STREETLIGHT-EPC" has been successful in creating demand and supply for EPC projects in 9 regions by setting up regional EPC facilitation services. These services provide comprehensive support to municipalities (operators of street lighting) and to SMEs as potential ESCOs.
Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) offers municipalities an innovative, but still under-used, solution to finance a transition to energy-efficient street lighting with energy savings guarantees.
The project "Streetlight-EPC", funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, creates demand and supply for Energy Performance Contracting projects in 9 European regions by providing regional EPC facilitation services and supporting projects towards implementation.
