Energy savings and safety combined when Kungsbacka invests in smart streetlights
Kungsbacka Municipality has chosen to install ORION 1 with wireless light control and presence sensors in a residential area to promote sustainability, innovation and safe environments.
The transition to LED alone reduces energy consumption by about half, and with presence sensors and Airglow for wireless light control, energy savings of another 50% can be expected compared to LED lighting without control. With the increased cost of electricity, municipal street lighting has become a high priority.
Tailored street lighting is a hot topic.
The idea behind wirelessly controlling modern street luminaires is the huge difference between the more or less constant lighting that most of our street environments have today and the real lighting needs.
The work is part of a larger investment that Kungsbacka Municipality makes in IT and infrastructure, where wireless light control in combination with sensors contributes to a healthier need-adapted lighting. The goal is that this contributes to energy savings and a continued safe environment for the municipality's residents. A number of different technologies are currently being tested on relatively small areas, with the ambition to move from small-scale to large-scale in the future.
