Over the last year, Next Energy, in partnership with the Clean Energy Coalition, has assisted the City of Detroit with a wide range of Green Economy initiates to reduce costs and energy use, such as street lighting efficiency, recycling, and fleet operations. These efforts, funded by The Kresge Foundation, directly help the City of Detroit save money, attract additional funding, and lay the groundwork for ongoing energy and sustainability initiatives – all at a critical time for the city.
LED Streetlights
The next time you are in Detroit, take a look above at the new LED streetlights that are starting to appear. NextEnergy helped the Detroit Public Lighting Department secure a $100,000 grant from the Michigan Energy Office to implement advanced lighting technology. This grant then led to a $400,000 follow-on grant from the Michigan Energy Office. Together, this $500,000 investment will help install more than 700 LED fixtures in multiple locations around Detroit.
At the same time, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, with support from the Department of Energy and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, is investing an additional $1.3 million to install more than 1,000 LED fixtures. In total, some 1,700 new fixtures are being installed throughout the city. These new lamps use about half the energy of a traditional streetlight fixture, last three times as long, and improve system reliability.
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