Intelligence Lights the Way

How would you like to still light your way but with less energy? Chintan Shah from Deft University of Technology in the Netherlands may have the solution and is fine tuning it for mass production. The university is currently using his technology. It’s all based off of motion sensors controlling the amount of energy being used. Why use full power to light the way if no one’s there to light the way for?

Presently street lights work at full power with or without you walking or driving by. This turns into an enormous amount of wasted energy, and we have these lights all over the place. What about maintenance? 
In the Netherlands at Delft University of Technology, Chintan Shah may have the solution. At the university, they are currently working out the details for having LED lighting, wireless communication, and motion sensors in their lighting. The motion sensors control the amount of energy output. Without the presence of someone, the lights will dim to a 20% power usage. That way, they are able to still light but with much less unneeded waste. The wireless communication will allow control over the sensors from a remote location as well as having the benefits of maintenance awareness in the event of malfunctioning. 

Intelligent lighting with smart awareness of presence has great benefits for any area that adopts such a green technology. It doesn’t take much to imagine the environmental as well as the cost benefit. Let’s hope this moves forward and takes trend. Let’s encourage pushing this application to not just the streets. Imagine the use of motion lighting in the store you walk into next, or the business you work from. Now imagine a savings of 80% in lighting cost in these areas. This is easily just the beginning of such an application. Now imagine again, why should sensor power control stop at just lighting? We are defiantly in for a treat in things to come in becoming greener as a power manager.