Carmanah Receives $548,000 Contract to Supply i-STOP® Solar LED Bus Stop Lighting Systems to California Transit Authority
Source: Carmanah Power Group /press release /march 15, 2007
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – Thursday, March 15, 2007 – Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a follow on contract from California’s Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to supply and install its proprietary i-STOP® solar LED-illuminated bus stops. This contract is valued at Cdn$548,000. This new order follows the successful rollout of 710 i-STOP® illuminated bus stops over a two year period that began in April 2005. The initial units were primarily installed along OCTA’s “Nite Owl” routes which operate 24 hours a day. This order of i-STOP@reg; systems will be used to provide bus stop lighting at other locations throughout the county.
Carmanah’s i-STOP® solar LED bus stops won significant public support by providing a safer environment for waiting passengers and making riders more visible to bus drivers. The self-contained design and easy installation of the i-STOP® bus stops also resulted in significant cost savings to OCTA over traditional hard-wired lighting systems. Over the last two years, they have also been field-proven to be reliable, durable and resistant to vandalism.
About the i-STOP® Solar LED-Illuminated Bus Stop
Carmanah’s i-STOP® bus stop is a compact, completely self-contained, solar-powered LED bus stop lighting system that installs onto most standard bus stop poles.
Utilizing Carmanah’s award-winning, patented solar LED lighting technology, they can be installed quickly and cost-effectively with no trenching, wiring, traffic disruption or site remediation. i-STOP® bus stops are entirely modular, enabling transit authorities to choose one or more of the following LED-based lighting features:
* Security area lighting – providing a safer environment for waiting passengers. This area lighting also allows passengers to be more visible to bus operators;
* An edge-lit illuminated schedule – featuring low-profile, uniform illumination that enables passengers to readily view bus route information from dusk to dawn;
* A bus signaling device – a flashing beacon that notifies an oncoming bus that a stop is required. This beacon is visible up to a 1/4 mile in the day, and 1 mile in the dark.
All features are user-activated via ADA-compliant, self-illuminating buttons, including Braille labels with easy-to-read tactile lettering. In addition, i-STOP® bus stop lighting systems are fully UL and NCRP 350 approved.