This LED light is expected to cut the operation cost of the city's lighting system as well as carbon emission. The city council of Canadian city Welland recently approved a street lighting retrofit project that will replace all the streetlights and decorative fixtures of the city with LED lighting devices, including LED light bulbs .

The project is divided into two phases. The first phase is planned to be finished by April 2012, and the goal is to replace all of the existing 4300 Cobra-head high-pressure sodium fixtures with LED street lamps. The second phase will consist of the replacement of 2410 decorative fixtures. In total, the whole project will cost the city CAN$2.74 million. After it is completed, the LED fixtures will annually reduce the city's street-lighting energy costs by $221,553 and maintenance costs by $159,250.

It is estimated that continuing to utilize HPS-based street lighting system will cost Welland almost $18 million the next 15 years, while switching to LED lighting will cut the cost by $6.8 million. In addition, the annual carbon emissions will also be reduced from 2.1 million kg to 541,000 kg.