Why Smart Cities Begin With Smart Lighting with Anil Agrawal of CIMCON Lighting
As urbanization increases, cities are adopting smart technologies to improve efficiency and livability. Smart lighting is considered a vital component for cities aiming to become more energy-efficient and responsive to emergencies. Anil Agrawal of CIMCON Lighting highlights the cost savings and safety benefits smart lighting can offer municipalities.
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Key takeaways
40% of a typical city's electricity spend goes towards powering street lights, and smart lighting can save 20% on energy costs.
Smart lighting can enhance public safety by adjusting brightness during emergencies to help alert first responders.
Smart lighting provides a significant return on investment for cities moving towards smarter infrastructure.
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As technology has continued to grow, it’s started to touch every aspect of our lives. Not only do we have smart TVs on our walls and smartphones in our pockets, but now the cities where we live are getting smarter, too. As migration from rural to urban living has steadily increased, the need to create more efficient cities has grown. How can cities that are already large begin to accommodate even more growth?
The first step in answering that question is smart lighting, according to our guest on today’s podcast, Anil Agrawal, CEO of CIMCON Lighting. “Cities have to really learn how to become more efficient with the use of their resources,” Agrawal said. “That’s the reason they’re all talking about becoming smart.” One of the reasons why he believes cities should start with smart lighting is because it offers a good return on investment. “If you look at the typical city, 40 percent of the electricity spend goes towards powering street lights,” he said. “The solution that we have in terms of connected lighting can save them 20% on energy costs.”
Saving money isn’t the only incentive, though. Another benefit to smart lighting is that it helps protect the citizens that live, work, and play in a particular city. With smart lighting, the brightness can be raised in the case of an emergency to help alert first responders. “If you think about it, we have the ability as a company to influence the life of millions or even billions of people living in cities across the globe,” says Agrawal.
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