City of Oslo Uses Control Network to Improve Efficiency for 65,000 Streetlights
The solution provided by Echelon and Streetlight.Vision is proven, open, and capable of supporting many applications, which gives us the ability to deploy streetlight controllers from multiple manufactures as well as different light technologies over time.
— Tom Kristoffersen, head maintenance and operation, Agency for Urban Environment, Oslo Kommune
Participants
- End-user: The City of Oslo, Norway
- Integrator: Kongsberg Analogic AS
- Software supplier: Streetlight.Vision
Challenge
- Satisfy European and worldwide directives to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide emissions
- Lower streetlight operating costs
- Ensure driver and pedestrian safety
- Allow remote monitoring and control
Solution
- Ballasts with embedded Echelon smart transceivers
- Echelon’s SmartServer streetlight segment controllers
- Streetlight.Vision monitoring and control software for managed street lighting
Expected Results
- Optimized streetlight switching
- Streetlight efficiency with better control over energy consumption
- Automatic identification of failures and anomalies
Next Steps
- Build out the street lighting network and fully integrate it with the city's infrastructure
- Consider taking further advantage of the control network by adding additional sensors to implement city-wide speed- or density-based traffic control and/or monitoring of electric-vehicle charging stations