Deutsche Telekom in cooperation with the city of Monheim am Rhein has implemented smart streat lighting in one of Germany’s picturesque cities along the river Rhine using intelligent street lighting that saves energy.
In the pilot project, the heads of the street lanterns were replaced and refitted with modern, economical LED technology. The new luminaries are optically the same as the previous old-town lanterns, but the power consumption per lantern drops from 70 to only 22 watts per hour - a saving of nearly 70 per cent. The city saves additional energy in the night when the traffic has come to a rest.
The lamps can also be dimmed from a distance via the light management provided by Deutsche Telekom. The intelligent street lights also facilitate maintenance of the light bulbs: as the street lighting is networked, failures of these can in future be reported automatically.
Under the motto "Monheim 4.0" the modern town on the Rhine is a pioneer in the area of connected city. For example, there is already an online reporting tool for local issues such as pot holes or vandalized street signs, tablets for school lessons, a platform for discussion and voting on household proposals, as well as numerous WLAN hotspots in the urban area.
Throughout Europe, Deutsche Telekom has already launched smart city pilot projects for parking management, mobility management, intelligent street lighting, public safety and waste management.
