Kirklees Council spends £1.8 million per year on street lighting which includes over 51,000 street light columns. Residents expect street lights to be well maintained and any faults repaired within a week. New technologies like solar bollards, wireless dimming systems, and LED lights can help reduce energy costs while meeting residents' expectations.

1. Street Lighting

2. Facts and figures £1.8m each year is spent on electricity for street lighting (The equivalent of 1700 kettles running 24 hrs a day / 7 days a week / 365 days a year) This includes: 51,000 streetlight columns 6,100 lit signs & bollard 3,500 traffic signal heads Also included in that cost are 150 CCTV cameras

3. Top street lighting related service requests in 2009/10

4. What residents say / expect Looking after Street Lights is one of residents top Highways priorities 72% of residents are satisfied with the way street lights are looked after in Kirklees Residents prefer white light to yellow / orange light Residents expect street lights to be well maintained and kept in good working order Residents expect that any faults will be repaired within 24 hours and definitely no longer than one week

5. Resident suggestions including your voice and climate change research Have a rolling inspection programme because Kirklees shouldn’t rely on residents to report problems Turn street lights off at night … (your voice link) Solar or wind powered street lighting Turn off alternate street lights after 10pm Movement sensitive street lights Street lights activated by infra red

6. How colours look in white and yellow/orange light

7. What residents say / expect (vox pops) Resident vox pops Councillor vox pops Visitors to the area vox pops Partner vox pops (community safety)

8. Video /day in the life (ideas) Street lighting gang Maintenance inspection From report to repair Trial of remote dimming technology

9. Report a faulty street light Test out our new online reporting system …

10. New technology Solar bollards No need for an electrical supply so we save energy and reduce carbon. They are flexible and designed to self right after a collision LeafNut total control system for street lights Uses ground-breaking wireless technology to monitor and dim street lights. The LeafNut system allows us to reduce light levels at particular times, rather than switching lights off. LED lights Offer low energy and carbon emissions compared to traditional light sources as well as reduced maintenance. They also have a longer lifetime than other street lights mention increased lifetime - they are built to last for 100,000hrs!