Energy-Saving LED Traffic Lights Potentially Dangerous in Snow Storms
Posted under Cars & Transportation, Design & Architecture, Energy Efficiency, Science & Technology, conservation, energy, lighting.
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Nothing We Can’t Fix
LED traffic lights have many advantages over incandescent technology: They last a lot longer and require less maintenance, they use a fraction of the electricity, reducing the city’s power bills, and they are arguably easier to see (at least that has been my experience). But their high energy efficiency can go from upside to downside during certain types of snow storms; if snow somehow ends up covering the li…Read the full story on TreeHugger
