Oslo's Dynamic Street Lighting System has been cited as a “best practices” example by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a partnership of 40 of the world’s largest cities and the Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative. Using its Luminext® based streetlight system, Oslo has reduced energy consumption by 70% and cut CO2 emissions by 1440 tons per year. The system uses Luminext Dynamic Lighting products to enable the system to be remotely monitored and adjusted to provide different levels of lighting based on the time of day, traffic and weather conditions.

The smart streetlight system has made an impact on every aspect of the city. The city is safer, less expensive to maintain, and all while reducing energy use and beautifying the city, according to Tom Kristoffersen, Head of section Operation and Maintenance, at the city of Oslo. Tom also states that the reduced carbon footprint helps Oslo to adhere to European directives and makes it a greener City.

ABOUT THE OSLO SOLUTION

The city of Oslo is replacing its older, inefficient outdoor lighting system with new modern technology using better optics, newer lamps in combination with the Luminext Dynamic Outdoor Lighting System. In this project the Luminext Outdoor Lamp Controllers (OLC’s) are used in combination with the Luminext SC1 Segment Controller. Data from 10.000 street lights is collected by 80 Luminext SC 1 Segment Controllers, which manage the street lights and use a wireless data network to communicate with the city’s monitoring and control center.

The Luminext SC1 Segment Controller is based on the Echelon SmartServer technology in combination with the Luminext software both local and central. The Dynamic Street Light Solution logs and report's energy consumption and running hours, collects information from traffic and weather sensors, and calculates the availability of natural light using an internal astronomical clock. Based on a combination of all the data the street lights are automatically dimmed based on the season, local weather and traffic density. The system is being provided by Luminext, a market-leader in Dynamic Outdoor Lighting Solutions, and is based on Echelon’s technology. Luminext’s LUMINIZER software provides the end-user with a management tool through which the lamps can be remotely controlled, failures can be identified, and is used to measure and display energy consumption.

More information about the Oslo streetlight project can be found at http://www.c40cities.org/bestpractices/lighting/oslo_streetlight.jsp.

Luminext is a pioneer and market leader in Automated Outdoor Lighting Solutions. Our “intelligent” Outdoor Lighting Systems save significant amounts of energy while improving safety and security. Luminext delivers complete solutions based on the fully open LonWorks® technology and the SOAP/XML standard. We gained our knowledge and experience in the largest projects currently operational and continue to win more.

With energy reductions up to 70% we help to save terawatts of electricity and reduce CO2 emissions to the bare minimum. Our rock solid solutions provide Cities, Road Authorities and Businesses with the tools to fully control their Outdoor Lighting. So they can provide the safety and security our traffic and society demands at a cost our environment and budgets can bare.

Combined with our100% customer focus Luminext provides true

“Next Generation Illumination”.