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Barcelona’s amazing smart lightning idea
The city of Barcelona and Spanish utility Endesa have been installing smart LED lightning systems that automatically switch themselves off when no one is around. This enables the city to cut by 30 percent its electricity consumption.
I really would like this idea to spread across Europe and even the entire world. Indeed, how many plants are used only to light streets unnecessarily? This would drastically cut costs and would go far beyond the Earth Hour…
Last but not least, this would also improve the night sky quality drastically. As we have seen previoulsy, darker skies would benefit Nature and astronomers alike.
Here is the video presenting the project. Enjoy !
(via Good)
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3 Comments
On March 26th, 2010
at 6:44 am
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Architecture News, Challenge:Future and billsvision, crwolfelaw. crwolfelaw said: RT @NewsArch: Barcelona’s smart lightning idea http://bit.ly/cbiOg1 #sustainability ?? via @Edouard_Stenger @billsvision @PhilMcCreight @challengefuture [...]
On March 27th, 2010
at 9:02 pm
nice innovation for beautiful city
On October 19th, 2010
at 10:03 am
[...] Barcelona have a great idea that should be replicated all around the world. This way, streets would be lit only when needed and with energy efficient lights. This would reduce consumption by 30 percent. [...]