Ameresco, Inc. announced that it has partnered with the City of Phoenix to complete a conversion project to replace nearly 100,000 municipal street lights with high-performance LEDs. The City of Phoenix estimates that this conversion project will provide annual savings of approximately $3.5 million due to substantial savings in energy and maintenance costs. As the City of Phoenix’s program manager, designer and general contractor, Ameresco was responsible for delivering comprehensive services including a detailed investigation of utility records and GIS maps to establish City ownership and eligibility for street light replacement. The City selected new lighting fixtures that feature a correlated color temperature (CCT) of 2,700 Kelvin LED – the City’s new temperature standard for street lights – and that reduce electricity use by 53%. In collaboration with the City, Ameresco installed new street light fixtures and photocells citywide, as well as created a new GIS map which will serve as an operations and maintenance (O&M) tool for the City into the future.