IoT smart lighting solutions

Many owners of large and medium-sized businesses, as well as authorities, often introduce innovative technologies based on the Internet of Things into our daily lives. This technology allows you to automate the processes of making purchases in a store and managing the efficient use of office space, but one of the most common methods of its application is IoT smart lighting, which allows business owners to significantly reduce the cost of electricity consumption and provide intelligent lighting of premises or street space only in Night time.

IoT Smart Lightning Algorithm

When equipping street lighting systems with IoT Smart Lightning technology, the user gets the opportunity to control lighting devices following the following algorithm:

• Each physical object – an LED lamp, installed on the street and under the control of the customer’s business, is equipped with special sensors that react to light, or the operator’s command, if necessary.
• When the sensor is triggered, the information is sent via a pre-wired wireless network, powered by Wi-Fi, to the actuating device.
• The executive device processes the signal and compares it with a set of commands specified in the software algorithm.
• After processing the signal, the actuator turns on or off the lamp, according to the content of the software command.
• A report on the action taken is sent to the operator’s PC, which can view the correct operation of the entire system, and, if necessary, change the command in forced mode.

Most often, in addition to the lighting control function, IoT Smart Lightning also implies a set of additional options, for example, signaling a malfunction of a lighting device when a light bulb goes out of service, or when a short circuit occurs. In addition to simply turning lights on or off, some IoT technologies allow you to change the intensity of lighting several times a day, ensuring the most efficient use of electricity.

Benefits of using LED lighting

Any company that develops and implements IoT technology for the refreshment of city streets offers lighting products only with LED lamps, as they have many of the following advantages:

• All the electrical energy of the device is used only for lighting, as a result of which LED elements do not heat up and emit more light than energy-saving lamps.
• LED lamps are distinguished by their maximum energy efficiency.
•  Each consumer can always choose the shade or temperature of the glow of the LED device.
•  LED lights to last 20 to 25 times longer without the need to change bulbs than other types of artificial street lighting.
•  Experts and users note a higher quality of illumination, and uniform dispersion of the light beam when using LEDs combined with an efficient reflector.

Thus, LED lighting is the most cost-effective when using IoT technology for commercial purposes, as the owner of the enterprise provides multiple reductions in costs from working capital.

Main advantages of IoT smart lighting

In addition to the advantages of LED lighting described above, the very fact of introducing IoT smart lighting into a business process management system also gives the user a huge number of undeniable advantages, such as:

•  The maximum level of security with remote control of street lights eliminates the need for electricians to turn devices on or off.
•  Accurate adherence to the schedule when you need to turn the device on or off. Possibility of linking these time frames to increase or decrease daylight hours.
•  The load on the power cable network is significantly reduced, which allows city services to effectively use other electrical appliances alternately.
• The ecological situation in the agglomeration is improving, where IoT Smart Lightning technology is used, as the amount of fuel burned and carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere are reduced.
•    Authorities or representatives of grid companies that are commercial structures bear fewer costs for paying for electricity, which significantly increases the profitability of this type of business and creates an effective competitive environment.

According to market research data, the combination of LED lamps and IoT technology to control the lighting of an urban environment can reduce energy costs by up to 90%, which also affects consumer tariffs and municipal budget opportunities. The permanent costs of developing and implementing such a system, depending on the scale, can pay off in 2 to 6 months, after which the company providing street lighting reaches a stable profit.

Where is IoT smart lighting technology used?

IoT technology for smart lighting control is most often used in the following locations and operating spaces at various facilities:

•  Smart home – to control the level of lighting in residential or non-residential premises, which ensures comfort and safety during its operation, as well as saving money on utility bills.
•  Streets of cities, towns, suburban and cottage residential spaces.
•  Outdoor lighting of objects of cultural significance in cities and architectural lighting of the facades of various buildings.
•  Office space, allows you to monitor the efficiency of the use of leased space and make an important decision to adjust their occupancy.

In addition, IoT smart lighting is also widely used in industrial facilities, for lighting warehouses, checkpoints, and loading and unloading areas. Automatic control of lighting ensures complete safety of the technological process and allows timely detection of emergencies with the adoption of measures to eliminate them.

What are the challenges facing developers?

When a potential customer contacts an IT company to order the development and maintenance of IoT smart lighting, the developers are faced with the following set of important tasks:

• Ensuring lighting of the premises or streets at the right time.
•  Reducing the cost of energy consumption.
•  Reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, improving the environmental situation, and favorable for living in the agglomeration.
• Achieving maximum profitability by reducing the cost of organizing lighting, as well as hiring service staff to control the lighting of the space.

All these tasks form the basis of the questionnaire, and, based on the results of the brainstorming, the development team makes an estimate, agrees on a price with the customer, and then proceeds to develop a lighting system for the operating space using LED lamps based on Internet of Things technology.