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CLOUD TECHNOLOGY
ENABLES SMART
LIGHTING FOR
SMART CITIES
With city lighting accounting for 1.5% of the world’s
electricity consumption, ambitious energy efficiency
targets are driving smart cities to implement cost-
saving technologies for their street lighting systems.
The
application
uses traffic
control
systems and
cloud-based
applications.
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treetlights are playing a key role in the to evolve with the smart city and recude costs
development of today’s smart cities. and maintenance—all while better serving citizens
Using digital networks and embedded and reducing energy use and CO2 emissions.
sensors, smart streetlights can collect and transmit However, these solutions should facilitate a non-
information that helps authorities to monitor and intrusive approach to the street infrastructure
respond to different circumstances, from traffic while remaining affordable enough in terms of
and air quality to crowds and noise. expenditure on equipment and operations. They
Increasing focus on urbanization is putting
pressure on cities to balance the challenge of
also need to provide flexibility to allow the system
to evolve with the smart city.
resource constraints against environmental Recent developments in street-lighting intensity,
sustainability concerns. Smart lighting helps based on the level of traffic, are addressing these
cities save energy, lower costs, and reduce environmental issues. SixSq and Schreder have
maintenance—all while better serving citizens announced a partnership that is helping cities to
and reducing energy use and CO2 emissions. reduce energy by 30% by using traffic control
However, these solutions should facilitate a non- systems combined with cloud-based storage and
intrusive approach to the street infrastructure management applications. The solution, called
while remaining affordable enough in terms of VolumLight™, uses a traffic camera, the cloud-
expenditure on equipment and operations. They in-a-box NuvlaBox Mini™ from SixSq, and an
also need to provide flexibility to allow the system Owlet lighting management system from Schréder.