Projects
Projects: Summary of Projects by RegionProjects in Region East of England involving Plextek Ltd : 2004-10-1813 |
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| Reference Number | 2004-10-1813 | |
| Title | Energy Saving in Street Lighting | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Other) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr W Gibson Plextek Ltd |
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| Award Type | 3 | |
| Funding Source | Carbon Trust | |
| Start Date | 01 August 2005 | |
| End Date | 30 July 2006 | |
| Duration | 12 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £250,000 | |
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| Region | East of England | |
| Programme | ||
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Mr W Gibson , Plextek Ltd |
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| Objectives | The objective of this project is to demonstrate a remote street lighting monitoring and control system that not only has a wide range of energy saving features, but is also sufficiently low cost to make it the first commercially viable solution for the market. | |
| Abstract | Currently, street lights are controlled by photocells. These have only one function, which is switching lights on and off according to factory-fixed, light-level thresholds. Telensa's proposed system operates by replacing the traditional photocell with an 'outstation'. This performs the lamp switching and monitoring functions. It also contains a small radio, which communicates back to the base station or 'hub'. A large deployment would have a number of hubs, which themselves would be connected to a central system computer and database. Switching can be set in various ways, for example by time or by centrally measured light level. The project aims to: show that the innovative radio technology can be used to provide a real, practical and reliable solution to the needs of the street lighting industry; verify the details of the functionality required, and show that the functionality does yield the claimed operational and energy saving benefits; show that the productcan be produced cost-effectively; clear the regulatory path to enable the use of a metered supply for street lighting; show accuracy and flexibility of lighting control that will enable the elimination of waste and the 'fine tuning' of burning hours, leading to energy cost savings; show a range of continuously and periodically monitored electrical parameters that can be used to provide prompt lamp failure notifications and operating performance statistics; show diagnosis of operatingpower factor and potential for power factor improvement; meter energy consumption; investigate the practicalities of installation, volume deployment and system set up and configuration; explore, understand and prioritise product design features and system functionality for a fully commercial syste | |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
