1. We change the way people use energy
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Presentation
December 11, 2014

2. Smart Street Lighting –
A Preliminary Business Case
Study
Gunjan Desai
3B Environmental Engineering

3. Street Lighting Applications under saveONenergy
§ Before May 2014
§ All under the Custom track
§ Very few in number
§ Currently
§ Under the Prescriptive and Engineered Track
§ Large number of applications from many municipalities
in Ontario
§ Retrofit existing HID street lights to LED
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4. Street Lighting – The Technology
§ Most Current Systems
§ High Intensity Discharge Lamps
§ High and Low Pressure Sodium (HPS & LPS)
§ Mercury Vapour
§ The new trend
§ Light Emitting Diode (LED)
§ No ballast required
§ Directional lighting
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5. Why is the interest increasing?
§ LED prices are falling
Ø Reasonable pay-back periods with or without
incentives
Ø Greater sale for LED than HPS street lights
§ Street light and traffic control signals represent over
13% of total electricity consumption of municipal
corporations
Ø Cost savings due to reduced:
ü energy consumption (environmental benefit)
ü Maintenance cost (economic benefit)
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6. Smart Street Lighting
§ Network Controlled Street Lights
§ solar panels
§ sensors (traffic and pedestrian density, air and noise
pollution, etc)
§ Smart metering
§ Wi-Fi access
§ Security Infrastructure (CCTV cameras, gunshot detectors)
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7. Forecasted Sale of LED Street Light
§ LED shipments to rise from fewer than 3 million in
2012 to more than 17 million in 2020
§ Generate more than $2 billion in annual revenue
§ Street lighting revenue will decline globally in 2018
as LED prices continue to fall
§ Invest in Smart Street Lighting
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8. Schematic of SSL
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9. Street Lighting Revenue by Lamp Type
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10. Proposal
§ Pilot Team Project on Smart Street Lighting
§ Rapidly evolving market
§ Great Opportunity to investigate further with growing
interest in Smart Street Lighting
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11. Key Stakeholders
§ Local Distribution Companies (LDCs)
§ Government (Municipalities)
§ Energy Savings Companies (ESCOs)
§ Lighting Manufacturers
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12. Case Study 1 – City of Los Angeles
§ Scope
§ Replace 140,000 of the existing 209,000 street lights
with LEDs
§ After pilot phase à approved for deployment in 2008
§ City replaced 20,000 fixtures within first year
§ Result:
§ 55% energy savings ($700,000/year)
§ Pay-back of less than 7 years
§ City forecasts to achieve $10 million annually
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13. Main Lesson Learned by City of Los Angeles
§ Municipality – Utility Partnership
§ Work together to capture energy savings
§ Since metering Street Lights was out of scope
§ Rebate per fixture as a result of LED installations
§ Rate of existing street lights adjusted
§ Savings monitored using GIS database
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14. Barriers in implementing
§ Large Capital Investment (upfront costs)
§ Government standards and codes
§ Lack of standardization
§ Developing technology [power line or radio frequency
(RF)]
§ Developed by large lighting companies, existing smart
city, dedicated lighting control company
§ Public Acceptance
§ Capturing energy cost and savings (most
municipalities DON’T meter streetlights)
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15. Recommendations – After Business Case & OPA
Approval
§ Community Improvement Plan
§ Target a small LDC as a demonstration project
§ Awareness raising seminars and training
§ PPP: Public-Private Partnerships
§ Push for standardization and policy
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16. Sources
Municipal Policy Options Guide for Advanced Outdoor Lighting
http://www.lightsavers.ca/files/Final_LightingGuide_TAF_04042011.pdf
§ Navigant Research
§ http://www.navigantresearch.com/research/smart-street-lighting
§ Intelilight
§ http://intelilight.eu/smart-city-platform/
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17. Thank You!
Questions?
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