Atlantic City
Boardwalk
Sycamore Avenue and Refugio
Valley Road, Hercules, Calif.
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Portions of busy Sycamore Avenue and
Refugio Valley Road in Hercules, Calif. pop.
(24,060), located on the eastern shores
of San Pablo Bay between San Francisco
and Napa, used to be illuminated with 161
cobra-head type luminaires with 100-watt
high pressure sodium lamps. Hercules
retrofitted the units with contemporary
styled LED luminaires. Prismatic glass optics
protect the LEDs, control light distribution
and reduce glare, while saving nearly 40
percent on energy usage. The luminaires
are in the median atop existing but highly
serviceable 30-foot fiberglass poles with
six-foot twin arms. The poles are spaced
170 feet apart. The project was funded by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act through the Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant Program.