Public lighting policy

History of public lighting in Yverdon-les-Bains

For centuries, the only means of lighting were oil falots and quinquets. Around 1800, there were about fifteen oil streetlights, then oil was used.

Then came the era of fixed gas streetlights. They weren't lit in the moonlight! The first electric lighting installations date back to 1896.

On December 21, 1895 the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains granted a 50-year concession to the Société Anonyme de l'Usine électrique des Clées for the laying of overhead and underground conductors for the distribution of light and power.

C’est le 1er janvier 1952 que naît le « Service communal de l’électricité » après le rachat, par la commune d’Yverdon-les-Bains, du réseau jusque-là exploité par la Société Anonyme de l’Usine électrique des Clées.

At the end of 1980, a gas lighting system was inaugurated in the city centre. The municipality wanted to communicate its desire to diversify its energy supply. 28.01.1981 - Article in the newspaper "Construire".

Until 2008, the focus is on installing sodium lighting, which is more efficient than mercury lamps. From 2009, sensing the arrival of LED lighting, Yverdon-les-Bains stops any systematic renewal of sodium lamps and henceforth favours LED lamps. The first LED lighting tests are carried out at rue du Mujon and des Prés-du-Lac.

It was then that Yverdon-les-Bains developed the concept ofdynamic lighting at the end of 2009.

Last updated: March 29, 2019 at 3:46 pm