How New Solar Lights Reduce Cities’ Need for Grid Reliance

How New Solar Lights Reduce Cities’ Need for Grid Reliance

In L.A., recent innovations bolster the case for replacing hardwired streetlights. Sustainability isn’t the only reason. By Lauren Mandel, ASLA Integrating solar power into the infrastructure of communities is a necessary step toward sustainability, but that pioneering path has not always been a smooth one.  Beaumont, California—a small city of 60,000 located 80 miles due east of Los Angeles—was one of the first in the United States to require s…