Intelizon Energy: Reducing Energy Consumption With Smart Lighting Solution

Smart street lighting has become fundamental to a sustainable and intelligent living environment. The government and city leaders are taking gradual steps towards the development of a smart city, propelled by the Smart City Mission initiative.

- Suchita Gonsalves

I ntelligent lighting proffers an escalation in the energy efficiency of the city with reducing energy costs, carbon emissions, and maintenance costs as opposed to the high consumption of energy that translates into increased levels of toxic emissions. These savings can be directed towards adopting alternative energy solutions in rural areas. Intelligent lighting is the cornerstone of other city applications like public safety via good outdoor lighting and surveillance cameras for crime reduction, extended Wi-Fi communications and environmental monitoring. Most smart lighting solution providers offer grid based LED lights, a source for solar street lights, with remote monitoring and control. “Solar streetlights in the past have been unsuccessful due to the lead-acid battery systems where battery theft, maintenance and performance on cloudy days led to significant failures,” reveals Dr Kushant Uppal, Founder and Managing Director at Intelizon Energy. A pioneer in lithium-ion based solar systems, Intelizon Energy headquartered in Hyderabad, contributes towards this domain with its smart lighting platform ZONSTREET that is equipped with an inbuilt battery and controllers with Wi-Fi or GSM communication capability. The offering has a built-in CCTV camera designed to provide surveillance for the safety of the citizens in rural and urban locations. “This is the first of its kind and provides India with a chance to lead the way in smart pole technology,” adds Kushant.

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