Proven Delivery Models for LED Public Lighting : ESCO Delivery Model in Central and Northwestern India
The project covers seven cities, encompassing nine urban local bodies: seven municipal corporations (MCs) and two urban improvement trusts (UITs). The urban local bodies are responsible for infrastructure improvements in the cities. The cities are...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/476841477929749774/Proven-delivery-models-for-led-public-lighting-ESCO-delivery-model-in-Central-and-Northwestern-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25347 |
| Summary: | The project covers seven cities,
encompassing nine urban local bodies: seven municipal
corporations (MCs) and two urban improvement trusts (UITs).
The urban local bodies are responsible for infrastructure
improvements in the cities. The cities are spread across
three states in central and northwestern India: Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. They range in size from
260,000 (Alwar) to 2.6 million (Pune), with most in the
range of 300,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. Institutionally,
municipalities in India are under little regulatory
obligation to improve lighting quality to meet standards.
India’s Code of Practice for Lighting, created in 1970 by
the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to establish lighting
standards for categories of streets and roads, and has not
been updated since 1981. Further, as USAID report from 2010
notes, ‘since these guidelines are not enforced by any
regulatory authority, it is common for municipalities to be
unaware of the standards, and many fail to comply.’
Consequently, project upgrades are not driven by regulatory
compliance but by municipalities’ initiative to save
operating funds on electricity and maintenance, and to
improve street lighting quality. |
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