The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, US recently selected Amerlux's LED Acorn Retrofit lamps to retrofit 750 of its downtown area lights.

It's said that the Public Works Committee of the city of Kenosha unanimously approved the Amerlux contract on Aug. 16. The City Council offered a nearly $1 million federal grant to fund the project.

The Amerlux LED Acorn Retrofit lamp consists of four modules with high brightness LED's mounted to individual heat sinks. It boasts 50,000-plus hours of operational life, color temperature of 3500k and total power consumption of 87w.

According to Kenosha Public Works Director Ron Bursek, the new lamps are expected to save the city approximately $780,000 thanks to increased lighting efficiencies and reduced maintenance costs over the next 15 years.

The retrofit project is expected to be completed by spring 2011.