NWE faces a great challenge to shift towards a low carbon economy by 2050. Municipalities play a pivotal role, as they account for 70% of the NWE energy consumption and CO2 emission. Especially, standard public street lighting accounts for ~30% of municipalities‘ total electricity consumption. Advances in intelligent lighting systems offers the opportunity to significantly increase energy efficiency, thereby reducing the carbon footprint.
SMART-SPACE aims to facilitate the uptake of smart lighting in small/mid-size municipalities to enhance energy-efficiency and reduce CO2 emission. Using smart sensors attached to light poles, street lighting intensity can be automatically adjusted to the actual local needs, realizing 60% reduction in light energy consumption. However, until now implementation occurred mainly in small scale pilot projects, indicating that to reach the low carbon objectives requires a strong, transnational collaboration to move beyond piecemeal solutions.
SMART-SPACE brings together end-users (cities/citizens) and innovation stakeholders (research institutes, SMEs, enterprises) from NL, BE, FR and IE to jointly facilitate the uptake of smart lighting to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission. SMART-SPACE will jointly: 1) develop an interoperable smart lighting platform adjustable to the specific needs of different municipalities; 2) demonstrate the impact of smart lighting on energy consumption and CO2 emission, while enhancing public space safety and liveability at 4 pilot municipalities; 3) increase awareness on smart lighting technologies and their potential; 4) develop a transition roadmap with procurement standards, implementation guidelines, and policy recommendations to the EU, and 5) establish the sustainable SMART-SPACE knowledge centre.
On the long-term, SMART-SPACE will result in the widespread uptake of smart lighting technologies for the public space to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission across NWE.
1 Gebroeders De Smetstraat
Gent
9000
Belgium
2b Donauweg
Amsterdam
1043 AJ
Netherlands
1 Grote Markt
Sint-Niklaas
9100
Belgium
3 Kanaalweg
Stad Middelburg
4530 LA
Netherlands
Limerick Road
Nenagh
E45
Ireland
20 Marshallstraat
Helmond
5705 CN
Netherlands
1 Horsten
Eindhoven
5612 AX
Netherlands
2 Den Dolech
Eindhoven
5612 AZ
Netherlands
33 Rue Saint LEU
Amiens
80000
France
13 Rue du Griffon
Lyon
69001
France
1 Vindictivelaan
Oostende
8400
Belgium
Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stad Oostende |
1 Vindictivelaan Oostende 8400 Belgium |
sarah.delys@oostende.be | www.oostende.be |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Peter Bracke | peter.bracke@kuleuven.be | Belgium |
| Spie Infratechniek B.V. | Martin Vergeer | martin.vergeer@spie.com | Netherlands |
| Stad Sint-Niklaas | Sara van den Bossche | sara.vandenbossche@sint-niklaas.be | Belgium |
| Stad Middelburg | Tiny Maenhout | tinymaenhout@telenet.be | Netherlands |
| Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Arann | Anthony Fitzgerald | Anthony.fitzgerald@tipperarycoco.ie | Ireland |
| Intemo Special Products B.V. | Janus Hoeks | janus.hoeks@intemo.com | Netherlands |
| Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Innovation Lab BV | Rianne Valkenburg | a.c.valkenburg@tue.nl | Netherlands |
| Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Inteligent Lighting Instituut | Elke den Ouden | e.d.ouden@tue.nl | Netherlands |
| Université de Picardie Jules Verne | Ahmed Rachid | rachid.greenway@gmail.com | France |
| LUCI - Lighting Urban Community International | Mark Burton-Page | Mark-burtonpage@luciassociation.org | France |
The municipality of Middelburg, our partner in the SMART SPACE project, organized a ‘Europe Week’ between 18-29 November 2019. The municipality wanted to bring Europe and Interreg to the attention of its inhabitants (over 50,000) in a positive way. Middelburg is involved in many different projects throughout the municipality. Through the available European funding, these projects have been realized or are currently being implemented. Read More
Several Follower Cities have already stated their intent to be closely linked to the project. Read More
The launch of the exchange platform will be announced after the summer holidays! Read More
Have a look at what's been going on during the first year of the SMART-SPACE project! Read More
Stakeholder workshops will be organised between December 2018 and March 2019 at each of the pilot site cities (Ostend (BE), Middelburg (NL), Sint-Niklaas (BE) and Tipperary (IE)) to gain insights on how people (stakeholders) experience the locations and to understand the various needs and requirements. This is the first step in understanding the future opportunities of a smart lighting system in the areas.
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