To subsidize local governments that have introduced "smart lighting" to reduce power consumption September 16 5:11
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In order to reduce the power consumption of outdoor lighting such as road lights, the Ministry of the Environment will pay for local governments to replace existing mercury lamps and fluorescent lamps with LED lighting with solar panels from next year. We have decided to support a part of.
In Japan, many mercury lamps and fluorescent lamps, which consume relatively large amounts of power, are still used as outdoor lighting such as road lights and security lights.
In order to reduce the amount of electricity consumed by such outdoor lighting, the Ministry of the Environment has decided to use LEDs with low power consumption, install a solar panel, and install new lighting equipment that can supply electricity on its own. , We have decided to subsidize part of the expenses from next year.
The ratio and maximum amount of subsidy have not been decided, and the Ministry of the Environment will proceed with detailed system design.
Such lighting equipment is called "smart lighting", and some of the ones developed by domestic companies detect the traffic of people and cars and automatically reduce the amount of light when the traffic is zero. It is hoped that the replacement of such lighting will further reduce power consumption.
In addition, some "smart lighting" has a function to collect data such as temperature and rainfall, and the Ministry of the Environment says that if such lighting becomes widespread, it will be useful for disaster prevention measures.