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Energy Efficient Street Lighting Trial

The Queensland Energy Efficient Street Lighting Trial is testing various lighting products to identify the most efficient street lighting options in a range of environmental and network conditions. The three-year trial will involve physically monitoring an estimated 300 street lights for their performance under specific environmental conditions.

The trial will be conducted across 13 locations throughout South-East Queensland and two locations in regional Queensland. The data will be collected in purpose-built data collection units that will gather, store and download information such as power usage, light output and temperature for each of the lighting technologies.

The project is a joint initiative between the Queensland Government, local councils, electricity distribution companies and the Australian Government. The trial is expected to lead to:

• successful lamp types being made available by electricity distribution companies for deployment within councils
• greenhouse gas reductions, as well as potential financial savings, resulting from reduced energy use by councils
• enhanced partnerships between key public lighting stakeholders (councils, Queensland Government, electricity distribution companies) as well as the Australian Government.

Project partners

This partnership brings together the key stakeholders in the public lighting field.  All partners are contributing financially to the trials.

The financially contributing partners to the trials are:

• Queensland Government - Department of Mines and Energy
  
  
• ENERGEX
  
  
• Ergon Energy
  
  
• Brisbane City Council
  
  
• Gold Coast City Council
  
  
• Ipswich City Council
  
  
• Sunshine Coast Regional Council (formerly Maroochy Shire Council)
  
  
• Moreton Bay Regional Council (Caboolture District) (formerly Caboolture Shire Council)
  
  
• Australian Government's Low Emission Technology and Abatement (LETA) initiative - Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
   

More information

For a detailed description of the project, see the project overview   (PDF 207 KB).