International. Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been developing a system to measure lighting levels in cities in real time, in order to create strategies that allow energy savings and costs in billing for consumption.
The first tests of this system, based on capture sensors and video cameras installed in a vehicle, are being carried out in the city of Malaga, Spain. In a delimited area of 10 kilometers, they took data such as the intensity of the light emitted by the luminaires and taking into account the data of the lights that are defective or out of operation.
The results of this pilot test and other tests, which will be carried out in the last months of the year, seek to create a marketable measurement model that allows cities to identify which are the ways in which they should change their lighting system and thus save costs and benefit the environment.
The authorities of Malaga said that they decided to support this research in order to create a light map that allows them to migrate to intelligent lighting systems that are efficient, in addition to being a kind of urban laboratory for the generation of new technologies.
Outside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the local administration of Malaga, the company Ferrovial Services is also participating in this project, which has been characterized by supporting energy saving initiatives in cities in Europe.
