Totana City Council has supported the renewal of public lighting of the village center in order to achieve energy savings and help the environment with technology, "LEDs", as reported by the mayor of Planning and Sustainable Development, María José Bedia .
Through this project, the first in the Region of Murcia and adapting to European standards, is intended to provide more light to the main avenues of access to the city center, Avenue de Lorca and General Aznar, while getting not contribute to light pollution.
This project, which is worth 50,000 euros, according to responsible for it, and has been funded through the Employment Plan and Sustainability.
Thanks to the commitment of the government team, in this way have been replaced 40 streetlights, which had a cost of over 150 watts, the technology "LED's" that will allow a saving of more than 7,000 kilowatts a year.
Success in energy saving campaign
On the other hand, the mayor of the City Comprehensive Maintenance, Sergio Lopez, has reported that since the energy savings campaign that began a few months ago, is now offering a reduction in electricity bills for the Consistory of 30 percent.
The mayor pointed out that after the refurbishment of the pricing of electricity, by the State, and has undergone dramatic rise this rate in Spain, Totana City Council was forced to implement measures that would make this consumption be reduced to lower the current expenditure of the same, one of the top concerns of the government team at the moment.
Lopez recalled that in 2007 the Consistory closed the year with a total of 432,986 euros in electricity costs in 2008 were EUR 692,779 and 2009 revenues of 732,085 euros, "in two years, on the rise light of the Government, has raised the electric bill at City Hall about 300,000 Euros, which have increased in many lighting points. "
This campaign is optimizing resources to spend no more than necessary.
Specifically, in the village have been installed reducing light output of lamps (devices that make the light more dim and consumption is less) instead of connecting at 00:00 am and 2:00 pm in some places, as before, connecting at 22:30, which "will earn two hours of light reduction."
In the parks and gardens from 23:00 hours off 75 percent of lighting, leaving 25 percent for neighbors to enjoy the gardens without problems at this hour.
Furthermore, in the Municipal Park Marcos Ortiz is 80 percent off the lighting after it closes at night.
Lopez explained that rural roads and in the districts is being carried out in alternating sections dexconexión long, ie.
These disconnections, according to Lopez, not carried out in areas where there is housing first homes or businesses to avoid and prevent hot spots that are subject to theft.
In addition, at points where there are crossings or intersections and so is the maximum light to ensure the safety of vehicles and pedestrians.
In the industrial "The Saladar" as in urban, light flow reducers to connect from 22:00 hours and in the tubes alternately, areas where companies have not and so ensure their safety.
In municipal buildings is decreasing, with the approval of the technicians, the lighting too.
