Urban Lighting Project for a Small Town: Comparing Citizens and Authority Benefits

Lucia Cellucci, Chiara Burattini, Dionysia Drakou, Franco Gugliermetti, Fabio Bisegna, Andrea De Lieto Vollaro, Ferdinando Salata and Iacopo Golasi
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Lucia Cellucci: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Chiara Burattini: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Dionysia Drakou: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Franco Gugliermetti: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Fabio Bisegna: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Andrea De Lieto Vollaro: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Ferdinando Salata: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Iacopo Golasi: Department of Astronautical Electrical and Energetic Engineering (DIAEE), University of Rome Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: The smart and resilient city evolves by slow procedures of mutation without radical changes, increasing the livability of its territory. The value of the city center in a Smart City can increase through urban lighting systems: its elements on the territory can collect and convey data to increase services to city users; the electrical system becomes the so-called Smart Grid. This paper presents a study of smart lighting for a small town, a touristic location inside a nature reserve on the Italian coast. Three different approaches have been proposed, from minimal to more invasive interventions, and their effect on the territory has been investigated. Based on street typology and its surroundings, the work analyzes the opportunity to introduce smart and useful services for the citizens starting from a retrofitting intervention. Smart city capabilities are examined, showing how it is possible to provide new services to the cities through ICT (Information and Communication Technology) without deep changes and simplifying the control of basic city functions. The results evidence an important impact on annual energy costs, suggesting smart grid planning not only for metropolis applications, but also in smaller towns, such as the examined one.

Keywords: smart city; smart lighting; road lighting; LED; energy consumption; smart grid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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