Assessment of the Performance of Light-Emitting Diode Roadway Lighting Technology

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dc.contributorVirginia Transportation Research Councilen
dc.contributorVirginia Tech Transportation Instituteen
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Ronald B.en
dc.contributor.authorLi, Yingfengen
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Jason E.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-06T00:59:26Zen
dc.date.available2019-10-06T00:59:26Zen
dc.date.issued2015-10en
dc.description.abstractThis study, championed by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Traffic Engineering Division, involved a thorough investigation of light-emitting diode (LED) roadway lighting technology by testing six types of roadway luminaires (including housing and all components enclosed) in a laboratory environment and on the field over a 2-year period. The results showed that LED luminaires exhibited superior lighting and related qualities compared to high-pressure sodium luminaires. Different photometric characteristics were found among LED luminaires of different designs, indicating a careful selection considering light distribution and illuminance level is necessary for individual lighting applications. During the first 2 years of operation, the average light loss for the LED luminaires was 6% based on laboratory testing. The study also found that implementing LED technology systematically will result in a return on investment between 3.25 and 5.76 for different scenarios over a 25-year period due to savings in maintenance and energy consumption. The study resulted in the VDOT LED Roadway Luminaire Specification document and developed recommendations relevant to VDOT’s implementation of LED technology.en
dc.description.notesFinal Contracten
dc.description.notesPeriod Covered: March 2012- September 2015en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Department of Transportationen
dc.format.extent70 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier16_r6_Assessment_of_the_Performance_of_Light_Emitting_Diode.pdfen
dc.identifier.citationGibbons, R. B., Li, Y., & Meyer, J. E. (2015). Assessment of the performance of light-emitting diode roadway lighting technology (No. VTRC 16-R6). Virginia Transportation Research Council.en
dc.identifier.govdocVTRC 16-R6en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/94366en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/16-r6.pdfen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Transportation Research Councilen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectLight-emitting diodeen
dc.subjectLED roadway lightingen
dc.titleAssessment of the Performance of Light-Emitting Diode Roadway Lighting Technologyen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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