ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o Austin mākaʻi a me Austin Energy Department o ka ikehu no nā kamaʻāina kūlanakauhale. Mai ka makahiki 2011 ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana o ka hewa kolohe, ua hoʻolālā nā keʻena ʻelua no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Austin, ʻekolu o nā wahi weliweli loa i lako me nā kukui LED, e pale aku i ka hewa.
Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a Austin Energy, ʻo Carlos Cordova, ʻaʻole hewa nā wahi i hoʻomālamalama maikaʻi ʻia, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe mea makemake e hana i nā mea ʻino ke ʻike ʻia.
Wahi a ka 'Oihana Makai o ke kūlanakauhale, ua kūkulu ʻo Austin Energy i 25 kukui LED. ʻO ke kukui LED hou ma mua o ka ʻōpuʻu kukui kahiko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cordova i nā kūlana kukui maikaʻi, hiki iā lākou ke komo palekana i nā hana leʻaleʻa me ka ʻole e hopohopo e pili ana i nā pilikia palekana.
ʻO Austin, 8th a me 9th Street nā hopena hoʻāʻo kukui kukui ua lanakila loa ʻo ia ka papahana kukui kekahi o nā ʻano kulekele e hakakā ai i ka hewa o ke kūlanakauhale. Mai ka makahiki 2011 a hiki i ka makahiki 2012, Ianuali, he 15% ka hewa kolohe ... akā ma ka mahina o Iulai, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hewa kolohe he 7.8% wale nō. ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana o ke kūlanakauhale e alakaʻi i kahi papahana ʻoi aku ka nui, e hoʻonui i ke kukui 70,000, e Austin Energy hoʻolilo i ka waihona kālā.
Ua hōʻike 'ia i ka hou LED kukui huahana hiki ke hoemi i ka hewa helu helu, hoʻohana mua i loko o nā'āina likeʻole o Iapana, i kapaia LED pale-kukui ua hoʻomau 'ia ma ke alanui Lane, i loko o, pani kuʻuna liilii kukui o fluorescent kukui.
Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike nā haʻawina i kēlā polū kukui, hiki ke hana i ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ka mālie, kekahi mau LED Defence-a uliuli, keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo hoʻokaʻawale hoʻonohonoho.