Hrvatski Telekom (HT) Group and the City of Sveta Nedelja in Croatia recently signed an agreement on the implementation of a research and development pilot project for smart public lighting.
The solution which is fully developed within HT, can work on all types of network technologies, including 3G, 4G, 5G, NB IoT and is applicable to all types of public lighting and will significantly contribute to energy efficiency of the City and quality life, security of citizens and reduction of light pollution.
With the implementation of this project, the public lighting poles in Sveta Nedelja will get new functions, ie they will become "smart" and it will be possible to control and monitor the lamp remotely wirelessly. The new functions will include monitoring basic weather conditions, which include temperature, humidity, pressure and UV radiation, monitoring air quality, measuring energy indicators of the lamp, while some of the pillars will have the function of detecting pedestrian passage and measuring traffic noise.
For the purposes of this project, HT Group will provide the necessary hardware, software and connection service, and the City of Sveta Nedelja will provide the use of public lighting infrastructure and ensure the installation of control and communication modules on public lighting bodies. The planned duration of the pilot project will be six months, during which the expert team of Sveta Nedelja and HT will jointly analyze data and system operation and build knowledge with the aim of optimizing solutions and providing better services to both citizens and the City.
Mayor of Sveta Nedelja Dario Zurovec
We are proud that Sveta Nedelja is the holder of the first such project in the Republic of Croatia. Smart public lighting and the mechanism of its management will greatly contribute to the quality and safety of our citizens, but also to energy efficiency. With this project, we continue to invest in the field of digitalization of the city and we believe that we will continue to justifiably be a city for example to others.
Marijana Bacic, VP for Corporate Sales and ICT Services at Hrvatski Telekom
Sveta Nedelja, which was one of the first cities in Croatia to introduce a 5G network, has great ambition and a clear vision of development, and the implementation of a smart lighting project is a good example of how we can contribute to digitalization and transformation of the city and better quality of life.
