The transition to a low carbon economy is one of the big climate challenges. Cities play a pivotal role as they account for the largest energy consumption and CO2-emission. Especially, standard public street lighting accounts for ~30% of cities‘ total electricity consumption. Advances in intelligent lighting systems offer the opportunity to significantly increase energy efficiency, thereby reducing the carbon footprint.

SMART-SPACE aims to facilitate the uptake of smart lighting in small/mid-size cities to enhance energy-efficiency and reduce CO2 emission. Using smart sensors streetlighting intensity can be automatically adjusted to the actual local needs, realizing 60% reduction in light energy consumption. However, until now implementation occurred mainly in small scale pilot projects, indicating that to reach the low carbon objectives requires a strong, transnational collaboration to move beyond piecemeal solutions.

SMART-SPACE brings together end-users (cities and citizens) and key innovation stakeholders (research institutes, SMEs, enterprises and associations) from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Ireland to jointly develop and implement an interoperable smart lighting system.

TU/e Intelligent Lighting Institute (through the Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group and the Building Physics & Services group) and TU/e Innovation Experts (LightHouse) are both partner in the project. TU/e research is focusing on the following topics:

Identified use cases for smart lighting in the pilot area.

A typology for the smart lighting system on different interaction levels.

LightHouse identified the use cases in the four pilot cities (Middelburg in the Netherlands, Oostende and Sint-Niklaas in Belgium and Tipperary in Ireland). A series of workshops in the cities was held to identify stakeholders’ needs and requirements and develop use cases to address them. These needs and use cases are the foundation of the functional requirements for the smart lighting system. Together with input from the companies Intemo and Spie, these lead to the definition of the modules for the smart lighting system.

LightHouse published a research report that combines the knowledge gained in the Smart Space projects with knowledge from other smart lighting projects and the discussions in the expert network Smart Lighting of OVLNL. The report introduces Smart Urban Lighting and identifies the value it can bring for municipalities in energy- and operational efficiency, but also the extra added value for citizens and other stakeholders in the city. It describes various use cases and unravels the smart lighting system by presenting functional requirements through a framework for smart urban lighting. The report concludes with steps that all stakeholders can take when involved in the implementation of smart lighting solutions.
  The report is available for download.

The Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship and Marketing (ITEM) group will investigate the REPLICATION POTENTIAL of the smart lighting solutions based on the identified use cases by analyzing the potential in the pilot and follower cities and beyond. Replicable business models will be formulated, exhibiting suitable technical performance and high replication potential.

The ITEM group will also develop a TRANSITION ROADMAP with existing and upcoming solutions to address the identified use cases. Through a desk study on existing solutions and future opportunities in smart lighting enriched with interviews with experts in the field, a contribution will be made to the catalogue of smart lighting modules, including an assess of the impact of these solutions on energy consumption and CO2 emission.

The Building Physics Group (BPS) will investigate the IMPACT of the smart lighting system and EVALUATE the implementation process in the pilot cities. For this an evaluation method for assessing the perception of citizens and users is designed and assessment parameters are defined in line with the use cases. Then a baseline measurement and impact assessment of the smart lighting solutions will be executed.

Project Partners:

• Stad Oostende (Lead Partner)
• Stad Sint-Niklaas
• Stad Middelburg
• County of Tipperary
• Spie Infratechniek B.V.
• Intemo Special Products B.V.
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven- Light and Lighting Laboratory
• Université de Picardie Jules Verne
• Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Intelligent Lighting Institute
• Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Innovation Experts BV
• LUCI - Lighting Urban Community International

  20200415 Smart Space Use Cases for smart lighting.pdf


  20200508 Smart Space presentation overall.pdf


  The Value of Smart Urban Lighting

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