Educational workshop for the World Water Day
Educational workshop for the World Water DayEducational activities towards the youth of Kythnos are an important aspect of the implementation of the…
Public lighting is essential for road and personal safety and to promote the island’s points of interest. Modern smart street lighting systems contribute to reducing energy consumption and the respective cost, while limiting light pollution, which is both a biodiversity issue and an issue for the island residents and visitors. The project interventions aim to upgrade the island street lighting system at its entirety and to transform it into a modern smart street lighting system. The new luminaires are of high efficiency LED technology and have incorporate adaptive lighting functions, illuminating on an as required basis, while blending harmoniously with the traditional settlements of Kythnos.
Street lighting and exterior architectural lighting for public spaces, buildings and monuments has been negligently studied and usually randomly developed in Kythnos, similarly to most islands and rural areas in Greece and elsewhere. This has resulted into an energy inefficient, functionally insufficient or even dangerous, and aesthetically inadequate and light-polluting. The incumbent street lighting network in Kythnos can be categorized in 5 main types.
All five categories present three different kinds of shortcomings and challenges that KSI aims to address.
As part of the project, it is planned to rollout an application to revamp and simplify the interaction between the Municipality and the citizens of Kythnos, aiming at the real time resolution of everyday requests, and in particular the immediate and timely resolution of problems arising in the street lighting network of the island. The platform will allow the residents of the island to actively participate in the recording of the identified failures, via an application on their cell phones and to follow in real time the process of addressing the request by the Municipality. It will also have an interactive map of the Municipality where the user will be able to use filters to locate specific points of interest, calendar of activities and events and will allow for global citizen information via the appropriate messaging method Finally, the Municipality will be able to carry out public consultations and surveys directly, simply, and accurately – either through the application or through a website.
KSI aims to address all the above-mentioned challenges and shortcomings by the energy, functional and operational upgrading of the island’s street lighting network at its entirety and transforming it into a modern smart street lighting infrastructure; one that will contribute to reducing energy consumption and cost, while limiting light pollution and providing solutions to make operation and maintenance of the whole system more efficient.
The new luminaires are of high efficiency LED technology and have incorporate adaptive lighting functions, illuminating on an as required basis, while blending harmoniously with the traditional settlements of Kythnos.
The methodology to choose suitable luminaires and the appropriate automated functions is as follows: First, the current state is documented by mapping the existing luminaires, measuring using appropriate instrumentation, and distributing carefully designed questionnaires to residents. Following consultation with lighting companies, pilot installations in selected locations are implemented, in order to draw conclusions via new measurements and feedback by the local community. Based on the above conclusion, the upgrading of the street lighting system throughout the island is being implemented in cooperation with HEDNO and Municipality personnel, replacing more than 1500 streetlights and 300 luminaries to promote points or sights of interest.
The objectives of the project may be summarized to the following:
The luminaires to be installed must meet the following requirements:
In cooperation with the Municipality, specific points of interest are selected and following the preparation and issuance of the appropriate technical reports, lighting fixtures are installed to
The end result is to appropriately cover the light source, avoiding over-illumination and balance between different lighting levels of indoor and outdoor areas.
As part of the project, it is planned to rollout an application to revamp and simplify the interaction between the Municipality and the citizens of Kythnos, aiming at the real time resolution of everyday requests, and in particular the immediate and timely resolution of problems arising in the street lighting network of the island. The platform will allow the residents of the island to actively participate in the recording of the identified failures, via an application on their cell phones and to follow in real time the process of addressing the request by the Municipality. It will also have an interactive map of the Municipality where the user will be able to use filters to locate specific points of interest, calendar of activities and events and will allow for global citizen information via the appropriate messaging method Finally, the Municipality will be able to carry out public consultations and surveys directly, simply, and accurately – either through the application or through a website.
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