The City of Raleigh, North Carolina launches initiative to implement LED technology focused on various lighting applications. Raleigh's LED City initiative will start with a pilot project to validate the LED lighting technology and its operating cost savings at the municipal building parking facility. Raleigh will collaborate with Cree, Inc., a U.S.-based leader in Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting components, to create a living laboratory to test the efficiency and effectiveness of LED lighting. ...
... "As part of the commitment to creating an LED City, Raleigh plans to deploy LED 
lighting, through its living-laboratory initiative, to serve a number of lighting applications, including garage and parking lot lights, street lights, architectural and accent lighting, portable lighting and pedestrian and walkway lighting over the next 18 months. Cree, the City of Raleigh and Lighting Science Group Corporation of Dallas, TX, also announced initial results of the first installation of the LED City initiative. LED-based lighting fixtures, provided by Lighting Science Group, were installed by Amtech Lighting Services in the Raleigh Municipal Building parking deck in December 2006. Progress Energy, Raleigh's primary electric utility provider, says the floor equipped with LED lights uses over 40 percent less energy than the standard lighting system. Plus, according to Progress Energy's research, the quality of light in the garage is greatly improved. " ...
Via CREE: Raleigh, North Carolina, Nation’s First LED City