Information
| EngD trainee | Swagata Chakraborty |
| Project | Developing an Industry Technology Roadmap for planning the implementation of smart urban lighting in small and medium-sized cities |
| University supervisor | Ed Nijssen |
| Company advisor | Rianne Valkenburg |
| Name of company | Interreg North West Europe |
| Period of project | July 2019 鈥� June 2021 |
Public Summary
The 鈥楽mart Space鈥� project - funded by the Interreg North-West-Europe (NWE) 鈥� aims to facilitate the implementation of smart lighting in small and medium-sized cities in the North-Western European region. The project is a collaboration between small and medium-sized cities in the NWE and innovation stakeholders from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Ireland. The partners of the project include three universities, four pilot cities, two technical solution providers, one grid operator from the Flanders region, and a knowledge and networking organization. The small and medium-sized cities in the NWE region face challenges to transition from conventional lighting infrastructure to smart lighting infrastructure in the public space to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the environment. Introducing smartness in the lighting infrastructure of cities involves the incorporation of sensors on light poles, advanced control strategies, and a central management system (CMS) in an integrated network that can automatically adjust the light intensity based on the environment and provide light only where and when it is needed, thereby reducing energy consumption significantly. However, small, and medium-sized cities have limited experience in smart lighting implementation. Therefore, they need a vision on the opportunities of smart lighting solution that informs them about the products and technologies available in the market to fulfil end-user needs in the cities.
Additionally, the cities need guidance in choosing and implementing smart lighting solutions effectively in their public space.
The design project addresses these challenges and aims to assist small and medium-sized cities in the smart lighting implementation process, but also ensure that both cities and firms understand the relationship between the needs of the citizens in the public space and identifies the smart lighting technologies required to fulfil those needs.
Considering this, two design challenges were defined in the Smart Energy Buildings and Cities (SEB&C) Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng) project.
Funded by: Interreg North West Europe
