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LED floodlighting for Auckland

10 years ago

An estimated annual saving of at least 1.17 Gigawatt hours of electricity – nearly 7% of the port’s total electricity usage – is expected from the first installation of LED floodlighting by Ports of Auckland (PoAL).

Understood to be the first New Zealand port to introduce LED floodlighting, the rollout will first be undertaken in the general cargo area and then the container terminal – the latter coinciding with the introduction of automation over the next two years.

The 1.17 Gigawatt hours’ saving from the first stage is sufficient to power 147 average New Zealand homes for a year. Savings from the second stage are also described as “significant”, however, they have yet to be calculated, given the expected variance in lighting requirements for the automated terminal.

The LED initiative is expected to also enable lighting for specific situations, as well as safety benefits, with longer-lasting bulbs meaning fewer changes for staff working at height.