A world-premier solution delivers greener, more efficient street lighting
The streets of Pombal, Portugal, are brighter — and more eco-friendly — thanks to a patent-pending optical street-lighting solution developed by Fraen Corporation in partnership with Philips Lumileds.
Fraen and Philips collaborated to develop technology that would allow BlueSpan, a European company focused on sustainable lighting [...]

BlueSpan today announced that it has developed and implemented the first solid-state street lighting solution in Portugal along the Fidalgo Aprendiz in Pombal City using LUXEON® Rebel LEDs. The new street lights are approximately 60% more efficient than the most common High-Pressure Sodium lamps that were initially considered to replace the actual Mercury Vapor lamps [...]