As part of a major public lighting modernisation programme in the Netherlands, 5,000 conventional street lights are being replaced with energy-efficient LED luminaires.
The project is being carried out district by district and requires technicians to access thousands of lighting columns across urban and residential areas. Each intervention involves working at height while maintaining an efficient workflow between successive locations.
By October 2025, the programme had reached its halfway point, with 2,500 luminaires already replaced.
Our solution: the KL26 aerial platform
For these street-lighting operations, technicians are using our KL26 van-mounted aerial platform.
Designed for urban work at height, the KL26 combines a compact vehicle configuration with a telescopic boom. It provides a maximum working height of 11.80 m and a lateral outreach of up to 6.80 m, making it particularly well suited to street-lighting maintenance and installation work.
In its one-person, 120 kg basket configuration, the KL26 can operate without outriggers. This is particularly valuable for projects involving a large number of successive intervention points, where crews need to reposition the vehicle frequently throughout the day.
The van configuration also provides storage space for tools, equipment and replacement components. Technicians can therefore combine access at height, mobility and onboard equipment storage within a single vehicle.
For large-scale public-lighting programmes, this van-mount configuration helps crews move efficiently from one lighting column to the next while retaining the equipment required for each intervention.
Results
By October 2025, 2,500 of the 5,000 planned lighting units had already been converted to LED technology.
Once the programme is complete, the new lighting system is expected to reduce energy consumption by 78% compared with the previous installation.
The project is also expected to deliver:
- 424 tonnes less CO₂ emissions per year
- approximately €133,000 in annual energy and maintenance savings
- an expected luminaire service life of around 25 years
The programme also provides an opportunity to carry out additional urban maintenance operations during the interventions, including cleaning lighting columns and street signage.
The remaining lighting units are scheduled to be replaced progressively, with the overall programme expected to be completed in 2026.
