Teguise, "most efficient" municipality after incorporating the LED system to its lighting

With the lighting of the new streetlights in the town of Tahíche, the Teguise Town Hall concludes the tasks of converting public lighting to the LED low consumption system, and also the installation of new lighting in Tahíche, which will be completed next April throughout the municipality. This was highlighted by the highest representative of the institution, Oswaldo Betancort, in an act of lighting the new lights on Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer street in Tahíche.

The renovation of public lighting in 100 percent of the municipality's streets with an energy-efficient system will mean a saving of 5 million euros for the Council during the 12 years of the contract, in addition to improving street lighting and eliminating light pollution in the municipality, including the island of La Graciosa.

The Teguise Town Hall has allocated a total of 389,000 euros in this last phase to the installation of new lights in the streets of Mozaga, Tao, Nazaret, Tahíche, La Villa and Soo, works that have completed the plan to modernize the municipality's public lighting service, which has consisted of replacing 6,000 traditional lights and bulbs with LED lighting in Costa Teguise, and installing 500 new light points in other parts of the municipality of Teguise.

"We have managed to incorporate energy efficiency criteria in Teguise, changing the LED bulbs and installing new ones throughout the municipality," declared Oswaldo Betancort, who believes that with this investment the Town Hall has opted "to improve life in the towns with the power of light, while obtaining unprecedented savings for public coffers." 

"Reducing spending on the municipality's energy bill is a primary issue, and this new model allows us to guarantee quality in the provision, save considerably and improve our sustainability ratios, as demanded of us internationally, where there is a fight for the construction of green cities, and for which a correct planning of energy resources is needed," added Betancort.