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LED Street Lights Across B.C.
A Technology Adoption Program
LED Street Lights Across B.C.
The Case for LEDs
• 30 – 70% energy savings
• LEDs last longer
• Less maintenance over lifetime
• Improved visibility
The Case for Starting Now
• Technology is mature
• Less than 7 year simple pay back period
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LED Street Lights Across B.C. Program
• Education and guidance
• Financial analysis tool
• Coordination of Power Smart incentives
• CSA for lighting design consultants
• Experts for technical specification and evaluation
• CSA for LED street light fixtures
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Internet search:
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Guide: “How to Purchase through
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City of Cranbrook – Case Study
Jay Armstrong, P.Eng, CEM Energy Manager City of Cranbrook
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• Installed several products (before CSA) as a trial and they
were well received.
• Energy Manager engaged & formed a steering committee.
• By consensus, LED street lights were on the top of the
project list.
What initiated Cranbrook’s decision to switch to LED street lights?
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While there is typically more opportunity with the big energy users… there can be significant opportunity where there is traction elsewhere.
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• Energy Manager & Senior Management developed
business case and presented to CAO.
• Discussions between CAO and Mayor prior to council
meetings.
• No debate on Phase One approval in budget meeting.
Getting Council approval
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Net Present Value
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• The detail of the RCSA, and BC Hydro involvement,
increased confidence.
• “With a small muni’s limited capacity to run such a
progressive RFP, it could have taken longer, missed
important details leaving us with inferior product, or
not happened at all.” unityblue
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Process
• Gas… Breaks… Gas… Breaks…
• Stay on a keen timeline… but be ready to pause/wait along the way too!
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CSA program is useful in purchasing LED street lights.
• Consultant helped define “street type scenarios”.
• Care needed to select ballasts, sockets, model #’s etc!!
• CSAs fit with purchasing policy – review 3 vendor products
prior to selection.
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Technical notes
• Let go of the old notion of wattage.
• Even NEMA standard 45LED stickers are misleading:
– Technology advances could mean 35LED does the same thing in a few years.
– LED fixtures are very specific to the light distribution required and location.
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• A bit more than 20% for Phase One.
How much (approximately, as % of project cost) did Hydro Power Smart cover?
Did you apply for, and receive, any other incentive funding towards the conversion?
• Gas Tax fund covered remaining budget.
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What is your return on investment, how much will you save by switching to LED street lights?
• City of Cranbrook can expect to see 20% ROI each year, or approximately $1.4M in savings over 20 years.
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• Phase One installation nearing completion.
• Updating New Subdivision Bylaw with LED standards. • Hope to purchase Phase Two as soon as we get incentives.
• Controls…
What’s next?
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Contact – Jay Armstrong
Jay Armstrong, P.Eng, CEM Energy Manager City of Cranbrook
unityblue av-media & energy insight 877.837.1277
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Fortis BC – PowerSense
Steven Groves PowerSense Engineer
Fortis BC Inc.
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Fortis BC – PowerSense
Two incentive paths:
1. Prescriptive
– Up to $90 rebate per luminaire
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2. Custom Business Efficiency Program
– Minimum savings of 10,000 kWh
– $0.15 per kWh of annual electricity savings for the first year (limited to a 2 year payback)
– Adaptive controls eligible
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Power Smart
• Customer owned street lights (RS 1702 and 1703) are
eligible to apply for a Power Smart incentive
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Power Smart
• Minimum savings is 20,000 kwh/year
• Replacement for existing street lights and/or
• Adding new street lights
• Need a completed street lighting calculator
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Power Smart Express
• Exploring new program offers to support LED
(including Power Smart Express)
• Question to local governments:
“What would a Power Smart program need to look like
in order to encourage broader adoption of LEDs?”
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Refresh of CSA
• Three existing suppliers submitted new products
• XXX now approved – on the CSA website by May 1st
• Eaton Cooper has now signed a CSA (delayed due to development of new product, approved through Refresh)
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Refresh of CSA
• AEL – American Lighting – new product
• Eaton Cooper – to be added May 1st
• GE Lighting Solutions of Canada – new product
• LED Roadway Lighting Ltd – now lower prices!
• Philips Lighting Canada – new product
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Gas Tax Funding
• Legislated as a permanent source of federal infrastructure funding for municipalities
• Funding provided up-front to local governments
• Two programs:
• Community Works Fund
• Strategic Priorities Fund
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Gas Tax Funding
Community Works Fund
• Amount varies by local government (per capita)
• Pool, bank and borrow against this funding
• Available for energy efficiency projects including LED street light conversion
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Gas Tax Funding
Strategic Priorities Fund
• All local governments outside of the GVRD
• Application process – April 15 deadline
• Funding for strategic investments that are larger in scale or regional in impact
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Gas Tax Funding
Administered through Union of BC Municipalities:
Brant Felker
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How To Access a CSA
Internet search:
“Corporate Supply Arrangement BC”
or
“Goods and Services Catalogue BC”
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How To Access a CSA
CSA Users List
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CSA Access Agreement
• Cannot negotiate prices
• Cannot use CSA information as a bargaining tool
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How To Access a CSA Commodity Manager
List of Suppliers
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CSA for Lighting Design Consultants
• Identify lighting parameters as defined by IESNA
• Use industry standard software to produce models
• Prepare specifications
• Analyse proposed products
• Assist with field trials, and
• Design assistance and project management
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CSA for LED Street Light Luminaires
• Evaluated by professionals
• Technical evaluation
• Supplier qualifications and pricing
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TERM
• Same manufacturers in place for 3 year term with two, 1
year options to extend
• Refresh for new products and versions 9 months to
annually
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PRICES
• Suppliers can reduce prices at any time
• Suppliers can apply to increase prices annually or at time
of refresh
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SSBC ADMINISTRATION FEE
• 1% imbedded, collected by supplier & remitted to SSBC
• Optional one-time $5,000. flat fee up-front to SSBC –
multiple orders over term
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CSA for LED Street Light Luminaires
• 10 year warranty
• FOB destination
• Price for shipping not included
• Contract – based on Province’s Purchase Order, but
actual contract between Purchaser and CSA Holder
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Questions
NEXT STATUS UPDATE WEBCAST – FALL 2015 We’ll keep in touch!
