On 28 March 2013, the Municipal Council accepted an investment credit of CHF 750,000 to continue the replacement of mercury lamps used for public lighting. These old-generation lamps will be replaced by LED bulbs equipped with the dynamic lighting system already in use in the Coin-de-Terre district. Work will begin in the fall of 2013.
Thanks to a credit of CHF 750,000 granted by the Municipal Council, the Energy Service of Yverdon-les-Bains (SEY) will be able to continue the complete replacement of the mercury lamps still in use in the municipal network, while at the same time benefiting from support from the Confederation via the "Prokilowatt" programme. From autumn 2013, more than 500 street lamps will be modernised. They will be fitted with LED lamps and will be equipped with the dynamic lighting system already in use in the Coin-de-Terre district. Thanks to this new type of lighting, it will be possible to reduce the electricity consumption of a street lamp by almost 50% on average over one year. The work will be spread over a period of 3 years. Detailed information will be provided in the neighbourhoods concerned.
Thanks to the experiments carried out in the Coin-de-Terre pilot district, it has already been possible to improve the dynamic lighting system. The motion detector, which makes it possible to modulate the light intensity according to street passages, has been simplified, resulting in a significant reduction in production costs.
Yverdon-les-Bains is also keen to share its experience in public lighting, and more generally in the field of dynamic lighting. An information session will therefore be organised at the end of April with the various institutional and professional partners of the SEY. During this session, a partnership proposal on the development of dynamic lighting will be presented to the participants. Some twenty public lighting network managers and planners have already registered with the SEY.
Yverdon-les-Bains has been awarded the Cité de l'Énergie label and is developing a responsible and sustainable energy policy. The introduction of dynamic lighting and its significant potential for reducing electricity consumption are part of this policy. This innovative system not only helps to reduce energy consumption, but also to make citizens more aware of the problem of energy resources.