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STREET LIGHTING AND SMART CONTROLS ROADMAP
The Key Components
In December IPWEA published its paper for Street Lighting and Smart Controls Roadmap authored by independent consultants Strategic Lighting Partners Ltd ( Godfrey Bridger and Bryan King ) and Next Energy Pty Ltd ( Graham Mawer ). As we publish this article IPWEA is holding the Street Lighting and Smart Controls conference in Brisbane .
For those of you unable to attend the Brisbane conference let ’ s take a look at the key components of the Street Lighting and Smart Controls Roadmap .
Street lighting technology has evolved slowly over past decades , but there have been substantial recent advances with the emergence of energy efficient and cost effective LED lighting , high-reliability electronic power supplies and sophisticated control systems . In a few short years , LED lighting has become the dominant technology for most new street lighting deployments internationally . Large-scale replacement programmes are underway worldwide .
IPWEA believes that Australia should similarly accelerate the replacement of its street lighting with LEDs and smart controls to help meet a variety of public policy objectives in economic development , road safety , transport , public health , environment , energy productivity and smart cities .
Based on research and modelling undertaken in the preparation of this Roadmap , the benefits of widespread Australian deployment of LEDs and smart controls are summarised as follows :
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