Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE),
a market leader in LED lighting, announced that Indian Wells, California, has
joined the LED City(r) initiative, an international program that promotes the
deployment of energy-efficient LED lighting. The city has converted much of
the lighting in City Hall, the Emergency Operations Center and the Public Works
Maintenance Facility to LED lighting. Indian Wells is home to several world-class
resorts and is internationally recognized for hosting high-profile golf and
tennis events.
"It is initiatives like these that have made California a world leader
in energy efficiency," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "I applaud
the City of Indian Wells and the University of California, Davis for promoting
the kinds of energy-efficiency measures that California needs to meet our aggressive
goal of 33-percent renewable energy by 2020."
All circular recessed lighting in the buildings was converted to the Cree LR6
LED light, reducing electricity consumption by 80 percent. The City of Indian
Wells plans to evaluate LED lighting for other municipal lighting applications
to further increase its energy savings.
"The City of Indian Wells takes being green seriously," said Mayor
Larry Spicer. "We are known worldwide for our extraordinary landscape and
pristine environment, and we make stewardship of these resources a top priority.
The recessed LED lighting we have installed throughout our municipal buildings
cuts our energy consumption for those lights by 80 percent and is targeted to
last for 12 to 25 years, significantly reducing the time and money we spend
changing and tossing away bulbs."
"We collaborated with Southern California Edison for these initial LED
lighting installations," noted Greg Johnson, Indian Wells city manager.
"They gave us a directive to save energy. We conducted an initial evaluation
of many different efficient lighting solutions, and the Cree LR6 LED recessed
light was far superior to the others."
