Public lighting for the future

Controlling energy consumption has become an important concern for urban policy. This issue is directly related to environmental problems and to the notion of sustainable development*.

Increased costs

Public lighting is often seen as the guilty party as it alone represents 40% of a city's electricity bill, which is almost €650,000 thousand per year for a town of 100,000 inhabitants.

Public lighting networks also have high maintenance costs as they call upon teams and use significant resources especially during night rounds.

A significant environmental impact

Public lighting is responsible for CO2 emissions which may reach 80kg per year for a 150W lamp. For example, the 90 million lamps installed in Europe generate 20 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

Resolving the ecoperformance/safety equation

To ensure towns are safe and to respect the initiative for energy efficiency and the protection of the environment, it is absolutely essential to:

• Optimise light sources by controllinging brightness
  Consume as sparingly as possible.
  

• Rationalise maintenance
  Limit patrol work at night.
  Control remotely and identify faults.

• Simplify the network's operation
  By choosing simple remote management equipment and using existing resources.

• Use the public lighting network
  For other uses.

The Connection Protection solution

Gestiofast is a solution which is fully suited to answer these issues and also offers new services your town needs and will need.

• Energy savings of 50%,
• Significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

* Sustainable development is a development path which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.