Da Nang to use LED public lighting for APEC event
A pilot project using low carbon emission light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs will light up 19 main downtown streets in Da Nang as the central coastal city prepares for the high-profile 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Economic Leaders Week.
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Nearly 3,000 high-voltage bulbs – five percent of the city’s total public lighting system – will be replaced by the LED public lighting system, beginning this September, and go operational in October.
The city has called for funding via the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model to install LED lighting system.
With the LED lighting system, Da Nang expects to save 1 million KWh per year – 12% of its power consumption, by 2020.
Da Nang was selected as an APEC city for a Low-Carbon Model Town Project at the 44th APEC energy meeting in Washington DC in 2012.
The city has also proposed battery-powered bikes, use of renewable energy; a metro system; and rapid bus transit as low carbon measures towards making Da Nang a green city by 2025.
It has already cut 12,000 tonnes of carbon emissions through a pilot project and saved VND12 billion (US$570,000) in a power-saving pilot project between 2008-2011.
According to a report from the city’s industry and trade department, Da Nang has 51,000 high voltage bulbs along 1,200km of roads with total consumption of 6,800KWh –3.1% of the city’s total power consumption.
The city is also using battery-powered cars to serve tourists in the coastal districts of Son Tra, Ngu Hanh Son, Lien Chieu as well as at several beach resorts.
