Danish streetlighting control system can save cities a fortune

Danish energy optimization specialist firm Amplex has developed a system that can save up to 30% on the energy consumed by street lighting, writes financial daily newspaper Børsen. For big cities with a lot of street lighting, such a level of savings can be big news on both the financial and green accounts. And Amplex is seeking to show the potential in practice - by negotiating to supply an energy saving system to Beijing, a city of 18 million inhabitants.

 

Børsen reports that Amplex has already made a test of its streetlight control and management system on an urban motorway close to Beijing, and has achieved an energy saving of up around 30%. And according to the company, if the system is rolled out to the entire city, the savings could be even bigger.

 

Amplex's system works by automatically varying the lighting intensity to suit actual need in residential and industrial areas as conditions change from dusk to night.

 

Amplex international project manager Jacob Richard Nielsen told Børsen: "Our system can be installed in the course of six to nine months in a metropolis, and even within that time the savings are normally sizeable enough to pay for the system."

 

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