SMART CITY WITH THE INNOVATION IN STREET LIGHTING
When you hear the word ‘streetlights’, what comes to your mind? You will get an image of a lamppost which is lightened up during night. Isn’t it? As we can’t have sunshine in the night and it’s dark throughout the night, street lights help us to get light. This lighting is necessary for the security and safety at night. But, it is only used maximum of 12 hours. What about other 12 hours? Are we utilizing the streetlight and the space allocated for it?
Imagine, what if we add some intelligence to street lights? If we can use street lights to make our country a smart city would you say NO?
We can build an automated streetlight infrastructure for Local Government Authorities, that deliver streetlights as one of their common services to the public. Here, the energy management will focus on basic automation and incorporates the collection of metrics from the streetlight infrastructure to a Base Station for calculating energy efficiency, report system performance and failures even the atmospheric pollution details. Government can handle the electricity meters, water meters and even can send the notices , bills etc. This can also act as a surveillance system for road traffic management, crime reporting etc. These services simplify the government process.
The system should have network infrastructure for data transmission across Base Station and Field Units, should have network connectivity for all mentioned value added services.
This concept use data and technology to create efficiency and economic development , improve sustainability and add quality to the life of people living in the city. All these application of ‘smart’ solutions, make the city as a Smart City.
If you have street lights, people and vehicles, more attractive , livable, safe and healthy city. Then what are you waiting for……? Enter the Smart City.
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Written by Mathangey Sathiyamoorthy
