The Town of Nantucket has nearly 200 decorative streetlamps that require constant maintenance and repair. The goal of our project was to create a database of the streetlamps and evaluate the feasibility of retrofitting the lights with LEDs. We inventoried the decorative streetlamps, created a database and an interactive map of the streetlamp locations, assessed public opinion about the LED retrofit, and analyzed the economic costs and benefits of the conversion. Based on our findings, we recommend a plan for proactive maintenance and we conclude that an LED conversion would be a feasible option for the Town of Nantucket that would reduce maintenance problems and maintain the desired lighting aesthetics.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Waldo, James Michael
• Potter, Emily Stephanie
• Vu, Huyen Bich
• Hunt, Kristen Deborah

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Energy
• Sustainability
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121814-101214

Keyword

• Energy conservation
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Selkow, Stanley M.

Year

• 2014

Center

• Nantucket, Massachusetts Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Nantucket Energy Office

Date created

• 2014-12-18

Location

• Nantucket

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright