Renew Boston Trust: Exterior Lighting
Each year the City spends about $5 million for energy for exterior lighting. This includes streetlights, traffic signals, sports lighting and security lighting.
The Renew Boston Trust Exterior Lighting program will reduce energy use. The program will retrofit streetlights with more efficient lighting and adding controls. The City entered into an Investment Grade Audit Agreement with Ameresco, Inc. This energy services company will conduct a full audit of the exterior lights owned by the City. Once the City receives the audit report, it will begin implementing energy conservation measures (ECMs). The City has budgeted $10 million for the initial phase of this RBT program.
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Still have questions? Contact:
Environment
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1 City Hall Square
Room 709Boston, MA 02201-2031
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Check out the real-time progress of the RBT-Exterior Lighting audit
Launch MapProject timeline
August - November 2022:
Conduct audit and data collection
- During this time, auditors will be out in neighborhoods collecting data and geotagging every exterior light owned by the city.
December 2022 to early spring 2023:
Development and Delivery of Investment Grade Audit Report (IGA)
- Contractor analyzes data and develops the IGA
- City and Contractor develop and prioritize ECMs including guaranteed energy savings and guaranteed maximum pricing associated with the ECMs to be installed.
Spring 2023:
Energy Management Services Agreement negotiated
Summer 2023:
Begin initial installation of ECMs
