Light Years Ahead is an energy efficiency and renewable initiative for local government.

Street lighting makes up a large part of councils’ electricity bill.

The Light Years Ahead program works with Western Sydney councils to replace inefficient street lights to the latest energy-saving LED lights.  

Light Years Ahead will be coordinated through the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) in partnership with Endeavour Energy and participant councils.

Light Years Ahead energy efficiency score card:

• 19,000 lights changed to LEDs across Western Sydney (and counting);
• $9.5 million in energy savings to date;
• 126,538 tonne reduction in emissions (over 20-year life of the lights);
• Several regional submissions on critical issues relating to the NSW Public Lighting Code and pricing determinations which resulted in:
  
  Submission to the Endeavour Energy Electricity Distribution Price Review Process for 2019-2024
  Feedback to the Endeavour Energy Future Directions paper
  WSROC submission on the 2019-24 NSW Framework and Approach (Public Lighting) 
  WSROC Submission to the NSW Government regarding the proposed Draft Climate Change Fund Strategic Plan and
  A Draft Plan to Save NSW Energy and Money, December 2016

For more information visit the project website www.lightyearsahead.com.au

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Media coverage highlights

Light Years Ahead Wins NSW Environment and Heritage Green Globe Awards (Hawkesbury Gazette 3.11.17)

Women LED-ing the Way for energy efficiency (1 Million Women, 06.01.16)

WSROC launches $7.8m project to replace over 10% of Sydney’s street lights with LEDs (Lighting News, 26.05.15)

'Green' light bulb moment for councils installing LED street lights (Sydney Morning Herald, 21.05.15)

LEDs to light up Western Sydney streets (Sustainability Matters, 19.05.15)