Smart lights, big city
The age-old streetlight
By moving beyond the simple feature of lighting public spaces, communities are able to reduce energy consumption while increasing the list of available services.
In the US, the city of Los Angeles is in the midst of testing smart city technologies. Having recently implemented 30,000 Philips CityTouch units, the council’s lights possess monitoring capabilities and the ability to remotely dim and increase illumination levels.
Kerney R Marine, assistant director of the Bureau of Street Lighting in Los Angeles,
