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Counting Up Cities' Energy Savings and Climate Commitments I Brendan Guy's Blog 15... Page 1 of 4 <br />/ / %%rrrr� y of o i/ 0 iiic »r»,rp (��NION /l/ /� 1111111 <br />I atUura1 III u ir e 1110efer .s e, C ,D IU mru C uiIIII Staff~ BIII °of <br />C;IIII1ureii"idaur °m (0ujy'S IIIIIII111k)g <br />Counting Up Cities' Energy Savings and Climate Commitments <br />Posted January 9, 2015 <br />Share S 0 L111ke na230 <br />If you're driving your car in suburban Copenhagen, the newly installed LED streetlights will brighten as <br />you approach, then dim once you pass. If you're riding your bike, sensors embedded in those lights will <br />soon tell you the fastest route home. <br />1 p g - sarrliing irneaSUir *s the cif. lIs liirnsl.allllliing into a growing network of <br />This is just one example o the � *ir�� *irr, <br />smart sensors embedded in streetlights, all part of Copenhagen's effort to become the first carbon - neutral <br />capital by 2025. <br />Over the next three years, cities worldwide are expected to replace 50 imillion aging strreetlights with <br />LEDs, which use 85 percent less energy than traditional bulbs and last far longer. II-1Undireits of ci1Jies are <br />also following Copenhagen's lead in smart technology, installing sensory networks in streetlights that will <br />be able to deliver information on traffic congestion, trash cans that need to be emptied and other city <br />services. <br />http: / /switchboard.nrdc.org /blogs /bguy/ counting cities climate commitments.html ?utm s... 1/15/2015 <br />