The French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant upgraded its outdoor lighting from old mercury vapor lamps to new kíaroLED fixtures from EYE Lighting. The kíaroLED fixtures provide superior lighting while reducing energy costs by 80-90% and minimizing light trespass and glare issues. The new more efficient LED lighting has improved safety and visibility for plant operators working at night and received positive feedback. Neighbors have also reported fewer complaints about bothersome light since the installation of the new kíaroLED fixtures.

1. EYE Lighting Saves Energy and
Reduces Light Trespass at French Creek
Waste Water Treatment Plant
kiaroLED Fixtures the Ideal Solution for the Lighting
Retrofit Project
The water that goes back into French Creek is clean and safe. That’s the pledge North
Ridgeville makes to its northern Ohio neighbors, because just a few miles downstream
that water makes its way into Lake Erie.
Responsibility for keeping the city’s promise is the job of the French Creek Waste Water
Treatment Plant which has served the Ohio communities of North Ridgeville, Avon and
Sheffield since 1975. Millions are invested every year to maintain French Creek and
keep current with technology and environmental standards.
In 2014, upgrades to French Creek included the outdoor lighting. “Our lights were
old, and it was a struggle every year to maintain and replace the original fixtures and
Mercury Vapor lamps,” says Lou Cover, Assistant Plant Superintendent. “We needed
to renovate, and we were fortunate to find a partner in EYE Lighting to help us install
just the right new lighting for our facility.”
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With 24/7 operations, nighttime illumination was critical.
The facility is now safer and easier to maintain at night.
Energy savings, along with dramatic glare reduction,
made kíaroLED an excellent choice for the facility.
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The solution for French Creek was kíaroLED®, EYE Lighting’s family
of luminaires for roadway and area lighting. The versatile kíaroLED
offers customers a variety of illumination levels, color temperatures,
controls, mounting options and accessories. And perhaps most
importantly at the plant, kíaroLED helped to replace an antiquated
Mercury Vapor system of 400W and 1000W luminaires. The upgrade
saves upwards of 80-90% in energy costs.
“Because waste water plants run 24/7, our operators must keep tabs
on the tanks at night. I’ve received nothing but favorable comments
from my team, and they say that now they can see what they’re doing,”
said Cover.
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“We needed to renovate, and we were fortunate to find a partner in
EYE Lighting to help us install just the right new lighting for our facility.”
- Lou Cover, Assistant Plant Superintendent
French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant
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EYE Lighting also helped with neighbor relations. Since the French
Creek plant was constructed, homes had been built close to the site.
“For some time we had been getting calls from the community that
our area lights were bothersome at night,” continued Cover. “Those
calls have stopped. The new EYE lights have great cutoff, reduced glare,
and provide light just where it’s needed on the grounds of the plant.”
The new LED lighting at French Creek was installed by Zenith Systems
of Cleveland. “Everything went very well, the kíaroLED fixtures were
easy to work with,” declared John Bartolovich of Zenith. “We had a
few of the existing poles that were out of spec, but we worked closely
with EYE to resolve the issue. The project was a success, and the city
is happy with the result. We like the EYE Lighting product and their
service, and we definitely would work with them again. They did a
wonderful job.”
In this era of sustainability, North Ridgeville should be proud of its
French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant. The plant produces clean
water, using less energy, eliminating light trespass, in a better work
environment. Thanks to EYE Lighting and kíaroLED.
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