Signify installs Interact City smart connected road lighting system for Gran Canaria

Signify uses its Interact City smart connected road lighting system to upgrade Gran Canaria’s most important highway GC-1 to a smart highway. The City Hall of Gran Canaria upgraded the lighting system to a 2700K color temperature LED light source to meet the requirements of the Canary Observatory for dark sky protection, maintain the island’s ecological diversity, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and carbon footprint, and ensure road safety And driving experience. The new road lighting system has received positive feedback from drivers.

The Gran Canaria South Highway (GC-1) connects the capital Las Palmas, the international airport and various attractions in the southern part of the island. The highway was opened with Philips Traffic Vision street lights in 1990. At the end of the life cycle of this batch of street lights, the city hall hopes to seize the opportunity to replace it, improve the lighting quality and reduce energy consumption. Out of the requirements for the life and quality of the lamps, the City Hall finally chose Philips DigiStreet LED street lamps with the Interact City intelligent interconnected road lighting system.

"We have a clear sustainable development plan for the lighting system. This is a major innovation in energy saving and cost reduction." Antonio Morales, Chairman of the City Hall of Gran Canaria, said, "Philips DigiStreet LED street lights and Interact City smart connected road lighting system will reduce 50% of the energy consumption costs, the installation cost can be flattened before the lamp ends its life cycle.

The Interact City system provides the city hall of Gran Canaria with real-time monitoring of the lighting status, collecting and analyzing data, and dispatching maintenance tasks to the maintenance team. Philips DigiStreet LED lamps have anti-glare characteristics, improve visual comfort, provide more uniform light distribution and more accurate color reproduction. Philips DigiStreet LED uses standard Zhaga connectors and provides users with comprehensive control functions through the Interact City system.

“The lamps with Zhaga connectors prepare the highway for future upgrades, providing monitoring of environmental data including movement, tilt, vibration and noise. This will provide insights into the optimization decisions of the city hall.” Signify Iberia Said General Manager Josep Martínez.

The system provides simple maintenance, point-to-point management, and provides real-time adjustment functions for various situations on the highway. For example, increase the brightness of the area where an accident occurred or dim it to 30% when no vehicles pass by. The road lighting system can also meet the new smart interconnection needs of the City Hall in the future.

Another important significance of the project is that it complies with the local dark sky regulations. The Canary Islands have the darkest sky in Europe, provide an excellent stargazing environment and have several internationally renowned observatories. All lamps installed must meet the relevant regulations of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics and the Canary Islands light pollution regulations.