More than 700 obsolete sodium vapor luminaires will be replaced by LED technology in La Laguna. The City Council has awarded the works to improve energy efficiency in Geneto and Los Baldíos worth more than 300,000 euros. This new lighting will include adjustable electronic equipment, which will make it possible to reduce the consumption curve from 10:00 p.m. and, therefore, reduce the environmental impact and contribute to the fight against climate change.
This project is part of the Department of Works, Infrastructure and Accessibility and is financed 60% by the European Regional Development Fund (Feder), through the Government of the Canary Islands, and 40% by the local Corporation. The mayor responsible for the area, Josimar Hernández, explains that, “thanks to this supra-municipal support, it will be possible to change the sodium vapor light points, much more polluting, for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly system, as we have come doing it in other neighborhoods and towns in La Laguna, such as Guamasa and Las Mercedes, and in public facilities, such as the Las Chumberas Sports Complex ”.
According to the consistory, the modernization of lighting with LED technology will also make it possible to have greater control over the projection of light, “achieving higher uniformity ratios that will result in greater safety for drivers and pedestrians and, consequently, in less risk of accidents on the roads ”.
This characteristic, together with “the longer useful life of the LED light and its lower energy consumption, will generate a reduction in maintenance costs and, therefore, a very important economic saving for the public coffers”, highlights the councilor. “All this, in addition, will translate into greater care for the environment, because it will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.”
Josimar Hernández also highlights that this new system “will facilitate the protection of the night landscape because it will project a warmer light, which will allow compliance with the Sky Law that is applied in the Canary Islands to reduce light and atmospheric pollution, facilitating the observation of the sky by part of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias ”.
The councilor anticipates that the works to replace the more than 700 luminaires will begin imminently, since the contracting procedure has already ended with the award of the works.
