ENERGY SAVING PUBLIC LIGHTING IN MALTA - MIEMA

Energy Saving Public Lighting in MaltaFigure 4 A sodium-vapour lamp at Ġnien iż-ŻgħożijaIn the case of the two installations at Zejtun, it is indeed a pity to note that themore energy efficient solution is hidden away from popular view, while theless efficient one is considerably more centrally located. On the contrary, themost energy saving lighting solutions should be installed in the most popularand central places. The use of energy saving solutions should be encouragedeverywhere, including remote areas. Yet, at this point in time the bestsolutions should be used in the most popular places. In this way thepromotion of such solutions can be facilitated by way of example by thelocal councils to the general public.5.2 St Paul’s BayAnother project was done by St Paul’s Bay Local Council. Solar-powered lightfittings have been installed in Jean De La Cassiere Street. The driving forcebehind this project was the ease of installation of such a system. Aconventional installation would have required the digging of trenches in orderto route hundreds of metres of copper cables beneath the street.The PV powered solutions incurred less cost, time and disturbance. PV streetlamps allow for the creation of lighting systems by exploiting solar energy,which, in the case of the Maltese Islands is both abundant and predictable.The solar powered light fittings were designed to cater for Malta’s specificneed and conform to the British Standard BS 5489.Malta Intelligent Energy Management Agency 15