The Adaptive Lighting
of Enel X
rendendo misurabili i flussi di traffico;
videosorvegliare le arterie stradali rilevando
i numeri delle targhe colte a violare il codice
della strada; controllare in tempo reale lo status
dei punti luce e dei sensori installati.
L’opportunità di unire in un’unica interfaccia
digitale l’intera gestione dei numerosi dispositivi,
garantisce alle amministrazioni locali la possibilità
di governare ed elaborare informazioni
in modo semplice e flessibile con un solo software,
supportando così le attività decisionali
ed amministrative in ambito urbano.
Altro aspetto fondamentale è la capacità della
piattaforma di contenere le spese di utilizzo in virtù
della sua architettura basata su componenti in
cloud e sull’intuitiva interfaccia personalizzabile.
I test effettuati dall’ l’Innovation & Product Lab
di Enel X insieme alla divisione aziendale e-city
a Pomezia e Bologna, hanno evidenziato che
le soluzioni di illuminazione adattiva basate
su videocamere e software di videoanalisi sono
efficaci ed efficienti nel rilevare flussi di traffico,
condizioni meteo e efficienza del sistema di
illuminazione. In aggiunta è stato verificato
con successo che le architetture di integrazione
con i sistemi di telecontrollo diretto (sia pre-
esistenti come nel caso di Bologna che installati
ad hoc come nel caso di Pomezia) sono affidabili
e sufficientemente resilienti, così come
i meccanismi di sicurezza utilizzabili in caso
di necessità.
A
n intelligent management of public lighting
that increases the safety of cities and the energy
savings of systems, optimizing the level of service.
These are the objectives of the adaptive lighting
system that Enel X tested last year in Pomezia and
Bologna, the two Italian cities chosen as “pilot”.
The system rethinks traditional street lighting,
calibrating it to the actual needs through intelligent
management. The light, in fact, gradually decreases
or increases in intensity according to the external
conditions (traffic levels, for example), always
guaranteeing full compliance with the UNI 11248
standards.
Adaptive lighting is therefore a tool that goes beyond
the traditional design based on the intersection
of traffic flow data with time adjustment.
An innovative solution, designed to transform urban
centres into real smart cities. Thanks to the recent
regulations applied at a European level, it is now
possible to have a personalized management
of public lighting that allows the variation over time
of the intensity in relation to different parameters.
The system tested by Enel X is based on intelligent
sensors and algorithms, which process an analysis
of traffic, weather conditions, and light intensity,
adapting public lighting to these parameters.
In order to define the best lighting conditions,
the data are compared in real time with the sector
trends (recorded on an hourly basis and pondered
on the last 10 minutes). In this way, it is possible
to intervene quickly, increasing or decreasing
the intensity of the emitted light beam according
to the circumstantial needs, thus always guaranteeing
maximum road safety.
Adaptive lighting can be classified on the basis
of the connection between the road section affected
by the process and the chosen light centres.
This connection leads to two distinct situations: the
first, called Punctual, is the simplest case, in which
the results of the process are applied in a limited area
of intervention, for example on one or more study
areas directly monitored; the second, Extensive,
concerns the case in which the sampling results
are applied in the same way or in a similar manner
to more extensive areas, such as neighbourhoods
or entire cities. The relationship between the data
and the regulation of the devices, as well as the
position of the sensors, are determined through
an accurate study of the traffic flows.
To implement the benefits of the adaptive lighting
system, Enel X has created an IoT platform, a
solution to manage the various services, to optimize
and make the most of the use of IT resources, and
to value the uncountable data traffic coming from
all practical cases.
Through the platform, which includes the Big Data
Analysis system, it is possible to obtain data from
different sources and make them available (according
to the regular GDPR regulations) to an identified
number of users. A particularly important process,
which guarantees several advantages, such as making
traffic flows measurable, allowing the video
surveillance of roads and the detection of the license
plates caught violating the traffic laws, besides
checking in real time the status of the light points
and of the installed sensors.
The opportunity to combine the entire management
of numerous devices in a single digital interface
guarantees local administrations the possibility
of governing and processing information in a simple
and flexible way with just one software, thus
supporting decision-making and administrative
activities in urban areas.
Another fundamental aspect is the platform’s
ability to contain usage costs, thanks to its
architecture based on cloud components and
on intuitive customizable interface.
The tests carried out by Enel X’s Innovation
& Product Lab, together with the e-city business
division in Pomezia and Bologna, have shown
that adaptive lighting solutions based on cameras
and video analysis software are effective and efficient
in detecting traffic flows, weather conditions, and
efficiency of the lighting system. In addition,
it has been successfully verified that the integration
architectures with direct remote control systems
(both pre-existing, as in the case of Bologna,
and installed ad hoc, as in the case of Pomezia)
are reliable and sufficiently resilient, as are
the security mechanisms usable in case of need.
Monitoraggio del traffico
attraverso il sistema
di adaptive lighting /
Traffic monitoring
through the adaptive
lighting system
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