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Historic Union Square Lighting in NYC Philips QL liqhtinq application in historic area. Icetron's crisp warm white light, combined with its very long life, suit it for outdoor applications like parks and public plazas. New York City's Union Square Park, a turn -of -the -last -century park that was the first in the US to have electric light, was recently restored and renovated with assistance from Icetron. "The challenges for the new lighting in Union Square Park were to increase the quantity and quality of light, and reduce maintenance and energy consumption versus the existing high-pressure sodium (100W) system, The new technology achieved all these goals, and demonstrates that there should be no compromising design and maintenance issues for lighting application," says Peter Jacobson, lighting specialist for Con Edison in New York. Sentry Electric developed the historically appropriate lighting fixtures that accommodate the 100W, 3500K, $,000 -lumen Icetron system. "Using this technology in a post -top fixture required a specially engineered reflectortobe developed to allow for good light dispersion and to dissipate the heat associated with the Icetron. However, careful engineering has solved these challenges, ana we have seen an increase in sales of Icetron-equipped systems," says Shepard Kay, Sentry Electric's vice president of engineering. Sentry supplied 60 Union Square ball globe fixtures, which were installed atop poles cast from original 19th -century molds, and 121 Riverside fixtures (a tulip -contoured luminaire with a top decoration and finial), equipped with Icetrons. All units operate on 120VAC, a city standard. The system was formally switched on last spring, and was completely operational by fall. Public (and bureaucratic) reaction has been very favorable, and plans are to expand induction lighting technology in a retrofit of existing roadway fixtures along nearby 14th Street, and possibly bring it to New York's Madison Square and Battery parks. (Currently, Sentry Electric has installed six 100W 3500K Icetron systems for testing and evaluation purposes.) Osram Sylvania's parent company, Siemens, has produced a videotape outlining the Union Square application.