FOI request (FOIR-314741537)

Light Bulbs

Requested Wed 10 March 2021
Responded  Thu 22 July 2021

Do you have any Filament Light Bulbs in buildings (offices and so on)? If so are these scheduled to be upgraded? If so, when? Also please provide number of filament bulbs.

Do you have a current count of how many LED bulbs you are using?

Do you have any Halogen Bulbs? If so are these scheduled to be upgraded? If so, when? Also please provide number of Halogen bulbs.

Can you provide me with your average yearly costs of replacing/upgrading bulbs and the price paid per bulb?

Can you provide me with your energy usage from lighting council buildings broken down by each month from Jan - December 2020? If this information is not available, total building energy consumption will suffice.

Do you have a policy for light bulb purchases currently in place?

What percentage of your lighting is using efficient LED Luminaries?

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

Hastings Borough Council holds no information regarding light bulbs. These are provided and replaced by our maintenance contractor. Our policy is to upgrade to energy efficient (LED) where practicable.

Please see below, our monthly spend on electricity. Unfortunately we are unable to break this down to just lighting or advise on the cost of replacing/upgrading light bulbs. These costs will be covered under a maintenance contract.

January - £2,544.99

February - £11,312.90

March - £10,208.27

May - £11,017.16

June - £9,938.07

July - £4,687.71

August - £9,025.12

September - £6,978.28

October - £4,073.93

November - £5,400.96

December - £12,497.03

Grand Total - £87,684.42