Carbon emissions drop by three quarters in West Lothian
The eco-friendly new LED street lights have played their part
10:37, 16 APR 2021
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Carbon emissions from West Lothian’s street lights have dropped by 77% since 2014.
The programme of replacing street lights with eco-friendly LED replacements began in 2014/15 and is now 85% complete, resulting in the massive drop in carbon emissions equal to 8,363 tons.
The replacement of over 41,000 street lights has also led to a 50% drop in energy consumption in the last seven years. This is despite growth in the total number of street lights maintained by the council by 5% over the seven-year period.