171117_SECAP of Greater Irbid Municipality_SET_rev2

LED technology is relatively new and there is a lot of progress in improving its efficiency and durability. Astronomical
timers help in adjusting street light operation according to the Dusk and Dawn which could save 365 hours per year,
also will avoid worthless functioning at cloudy days and with broken Photocell. All those benefits could be achieved
with well-developed, organised and monitored plan. With this new technology in the LED Drivers, the lamp can be
dimmed after midnight. This will contribute in energy saving and will extend the life time of the LED lamp.
- Previous or linked studies
The municipality has successfully converted two percent of the HP street lamps to LED as fruitful project in energy
mitigation. The plan will be continued but it requires technical alignment to improve the efficient results and measures.
- Project Life time exploitation or use duration
The LED life time is 50,000 hours of operation.
- Engineering Studies
The LED technologies are still new for Jordan and the municipality’s technical staff need the knowledge on how to set
the specification of the LED public street lighting with evaluation and monitoring measures.
It is recommended to set the technical specification for the Public street lighting like LED Luminaires, Light emitting
Diodes (LEDs) minimum efficacy in lm/W, standard to be followed, Mac Adam Ellipse Step Bins, The CRI, Whole
Luminaire Efficacy, standard of comparison, Luminaire Maximum % Direct Up light, Optical Control, Thermal
Management, Ingress Protection Copper Content etc…
Availability of environmental impact assessment or mitigating measures to protect environment if any
Since the HPS lamps and Mercury lamps partly contain Mercury, a safety procedure should be followed to ensure that
defective lamps should not go back to the ground which may affect the underground water and pollute the soils.
A special programme should be created on how to deal with situation knowing that there are around 50,000 lamps in the
city which need to be replaced in the future.
Also as part of using the LED technologies, the electronic parts are the majority in use which also need to have special
procedure for recycling.
Summary of related Awareness Raising (AR) actions
AR related to the action
- Target Audience:
o Civil society;
o Private and public operators;
o Professionals in energy sector;
- Key Message:
o Reduce energy consumption in town through smart management and consume it more responsibly;
- Objectives:
o Reduce the city’s energy bills;
o Limit the impact of the emission of the greenhouse gas;
o Promote the use of similar equipment in the households, and other or private buildings.
AR related to community
- Create awareness with posters nailed on street lamps and electricity exchange boxes to alert citizens on the
municipality’s action and to alert on reduction facts about saved consumption. The actions will be accompanied by
strong visual campaign in the municipal and local media;
- Meetings with the community members to promote the municipal action and promoting the usage of efficient lighting
in households through distribution of led lamps;
- AR campaign on being an eco-citizen: Explain the side effect of greenhouse gas emission and the usage of renewable
energy technologies (electricity from natural resources) through messages conveyed by television, radio and written
press;
- Training students (primary and secondary schools) on using the energy correctly;
- Creating an info centre to inform citizens about new technologies.
Assumptions and risks
- The Assumptions:
o The availability of Finance;
o The capacity of the Municipality’s technical staff.
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