Six workshops on the benefits and use of LED traffic signals will be held in Western Pennsylvania in June sponsored by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.

The workshops will provide an overview of LED signals and products, retrofitting existing signals and other applications of LED technology. They will be held:

· June 17: Holiday Inn Forest Hills, 915 Brinton Road, Pittsburgh;

· June 18: Holiday Inn (RIDC North), 180 Gamma Dr., Pittsburgh;

· June 19: Sewickley Country Inn, 801 Ohio River Blvd., Sewickley;

· June 23: Holiday Inn Meadownlands, 340 Racetrack Rd., Washington;

· June 24: PennDOT District Office, 825 N. Gallatin Ave. Ext., Uniontown; and

· June 27: PennDOT District Office, 2550 Oakland Ave., Indiana.

LED signals use 80-90 percent less energy than regular bulbs and last 5 to 10 times longer.

For more information contact Mary Brangan at 412-391-5590 ext. 315 or send email to mbrangan@spcregion.org by June 13.

5/30/2008