Torraca (Salerno) a small town in the south of Italy it is the first city in the world where the pubblic illumination it is realized with LED technology, that mean better night vision and saving in energy around 65-70% . Not only all the energy it comes from Photovoltaic panels, making the city energy self sustained
The experiment it is just started but the result it is already amazing: I 've been there!
700 hundred street lamps installed , each lamp contain 54 Leds .
The leds ,provided by Cree ,are 1 Watt power leds with an output of 104 lumens/watt - the highest available on the market today) .
The electronics and the digital control for the whole system has been realized by Gebison Electronics (Managing director Filadelfio Cammarano)
THe Photovoltaic Plant project has been developed by Luigi Pascuzzi, while the man who decided to realize all that it is the Mayor of Torraca mr. Daniele Filizoli.
some photos I taken in Torraca http://www.flickr.com/photos/21560078@N02/2088926151/
some video taken in Torraca http://it.youtube.com/spazialis
Enjoy.
Tonix Jesse
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Torraca : the first led city in the world
Very nice