THE NATIONAL Health Service is experimenting with Internet-connected lights to track equipment and the occupancy of its buildings. The trial at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust – which manages five public healthcare facilities located in Manchester, UK – consists of 612 LED luminaires with featuring ‘Internet of Things’ smart sensors, which have replaced 904...
THE CITY of Cologne has begun to successively convert its more than 85,000 public lighting points to digital and networked lighting as part of its strategy to become a ‘smart city’. The strategy is to improve the safety and quality of life of the citizens of the German metropolis, increase the city’s energy efficiency and...