Boston planning to convert lights to LEDs

City has bright idea

By Christine McConville
Sunday, December 20, 2009 - Updated 88d 20h ago

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The nation’s oldest park is going high-tech - and soon so will the Hub.

In a well-traveled section of the Boston Common, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has begun what he hopes will be a city-wide conversion from traditional lightbulbs to light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. And he’s looking for the public’s help in picking the best of the newest lighting options for Hub streets.

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ENERGY SAVERS: James W. Hunt, Boston’s energy and environment chief, stands in front of one of the light-emitting diode street lamps the city is testing in the hopes of a citywide conversion of its lighting.