Juliette Moreau Alvarez 5:23 p.m., January 11, 2023

Guest of "France moves", the boss of the French leader in LED Eclatec, David Lelièvre, explains why French local authorities are slow to switch to LED to illuminate municipalities, when it presents itself as an economical solution. and ecological.

Since the start of the energy crisis, local authorities have turned to their public lighting to make drastic energy savings.

Some municipalities have even chosen to turn it off, causing concern among some residents and even law enforcement officials who fear an increase in crime.

Other cities are trying to turn to LEDs, which have the advantage of helping territories begin their ecological transition.

It allows better control of light, less attacks on fauna and flora and, of course, consumes less.

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Thanks to LEDs, communities generate energy savings "50 to 80%" compared to the use of more traditional lighting, underlines David Lelièvre, boss of the Nancy company, leader of LED in France Eclatec.

A major interest, while inflation continues to weigh on the territories.

"Lagging behind our neighbors"

However, few municipalities have chosen LEDs.

David Lelièvre reports on the situation in

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against Élisabeth Assayag.

On the territory, only "about 20%" of public lighting is LED.

“We are behind our European neighbors,” laments the entrepreneur.

The main reason according to him is a "problem of maturity of the technology".

The switch to LED lighting took time because in France, "the kilowatt hour was cheaper than with our neighbours, especially in Germany, where 70% of the park is LED. But the megawatt hour at home was much, much more dear."

With the rise in electricity prices, this difference is no longer so significant.

If in 2018 the State encouraged the mayors to light with LEDs to switch to "positive energies", there is today "no more aid or incentive from the State" to continue in this dynamic, saddens David Lelièvre at the microphone of Europe 1. With the arrival of the energy crisis, communities are taking time to invest in LEDs, even if it is presented today as the solution to environmental problems, energy and economy.