Connected Lighting Smart Cities- Ensuring Sustainability besides Affordability

While the future of Smart Lighting lies in Connected Lighting, Vivek Jain, General Manager of Marketing- Public Urban, Smart Cities, South Asia, Signify brings in his perspective how lighting will be so much of a data-driven concept by the time it is 2030; meeting both sustainability target and cost-effective aspect.

NDMC installs 15 smart poles in Connaught Place, Delhi

The municipal council has instituted the smart poles in the business and financial centre, Connaught Place in New Delhi. Adding value to the lighting infrastructure in the city, the poles have LED lights and are Wi-Fi enabled.

‘LED Lights Can Save Half Of Energy Consumption'

When Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) issued a tender for procuring 50 million LED bulbs, it had no takers other than Philips Lighting as they could not match the lowest bid from Philips Lighting India of Rs 38 a bulb. The company holds about 25 per cent of the market share of LED lighting and has made a high double-digit growth in last two years and it is running at its full capacity in the country to match the surge in demand. Harshavardhan Chitale, Vice President and Managing Director, Philips Lighting India talks about the evolving energy efficient lighting industry and the recent shift towards connected lighting

Rajasthan replaces 5 lakh streetlights with LED bulbs

Rajasthan becomes the first state to adopt Centre's Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB). Almost 5 lakh conventional streetlights have been replaced with LED streetlights across the state.

Smart lighting can reduce energy costs by 90 pc: Report

To achieve the lowest electricity cost, service providers need to implement five key strategic phases of smart lighting, namely, LED lighting, sensors and controls, connectivity, analytics and intelligence, says Gartner

A smart city is smart lighting of streets and buildings, says Vladimir Potapov

LA to become the first city with Smart Street Lighting

Using mobile chip technology embedded into each fixture, the street lights are able to identify themselves and network instantly via a smart plug-and-play approach