Most economical bulb appears in Belarus

The opening ceremony of a sculpture “Lamplighter” has taken place in Brest. The Minister of housing and communal services Uladzimir Belahvostau participated in it.

The man is climbing a lamppost with a torch to light it. The fire of the torch is the economical 1 W bulb.  It contains a photoelectric cell and a special card.

Speaking about real street lamps, photoelectric cells may appear in Brest streets at the beginning of the next year. The lamp’s processor analyzes the number of cars and people in the streets and decides what the necessary lamp power is.

“The intellectual street lamp” costs about 200 thousands more than the usual ones but its producers claim that it will pay for itself in 4 years.

Alyaksei Murlanau, European Radio for Belarus, Brest