Signify has successfully provided integrated road lighting solutions for Huanggang City, Hubei Province, including BrightSites smart light poles, Philips LED street lights and Interact smart interconnected lighting systems. The project will help Huanggang City reduce energy consumption and operating costs, while laying the foundation for the digital transformation of the city’s infrastructure.
“The transformation of municipal lighting from traditional technology to LED lighting is one of the most cost-effective and fastest methods adopted by China to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. At the same time, smart interconnected lighting systems and smart light poles can help cities greatly improve operational efficiency. Further promote the construction of smart cities.” Wang Yun, Global Senior Vice President of Signify and President of Northeast Asia, said.
In this project, Huanggang Industrial Park and Jinmei Avenue adopted BrightSites smart light poles and high-efficiency and energy-saving Philips LED street lights, and connected to the Interact intelligent interconnected lighting system. In addition to providing high-quality LED lighting, the integrated road lighting solution can also realize two-way communication on the cloud platform. The operation team can remotely realize the fine-grained intelligent regulation and management of street lights through the management platform, timely handle operation and maintenance needs, and further reduce lighting energy consumption and operating costs.
BrightSites smart light poles integrate security cameras, sensors, Wi-Fi and other equipment, which can collect various data and information on city operations and transmit them remotely to the platform for analysis. Based on the control system, city managers can make more informed decisions in terms of urban planning, urban security and traffic management, providing a model for the construction of smart cities in the future. The LED display integrated on the smart light pole can provide citizens with information, such as date, weather forecast, real-time temperature and city information, etc.
“Signify’s integrated road lighting solution not only creates a safer and more comfortable passing and working environment for the staff in the park, but also helps us significantly reduce lighting energy consumption and operating costs.” Huanggang Rongchuang Construction Investment Co., Ltd., the construction party Xie Shiju, Minister of Engineering, said, “This project has laid the foundation for the digital transformation and upgrading of Huanggang Industrial Park and even the entire city, helping to accelerate the realization of sustainable development goals.”
Double Carbon Target
According to China’s “dual carbon” goals, China will achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in 2030 and 2060, respectively. The Huanggang Street Lighting Project not only helped Hubei Province reduce its carbon footprint, but also contributed to China’s carbon reduction plan.
From a global perspective, replacing traditional road lighting with energy-saving LED street lights is an effective way to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. City operators promote the transformation of traditional lighting to LED lighting, which can save up to 50% of energy consumption. When street lights are connected to intelligent interconnection systems, energy consumption can be further reduced significantly.
