Mexico. The City Council of Guadalajara advances the renovation of its public lighting, for which it has decided to adopt the Adiluxsystem, which seeks to make lighting more efficient and energy savings.
Its creators define Adilux as a system that "regulates or adapts the lighting of interurban roads to the needs according to their level of traffic, so that energy is not wasted unnecessarily in cases of low traffic, but that the level of road safety is not reduced by lowering lighting levels".
In Guadalajara they are carrying out a pilot project on 300 meters of public roads, in which 10 lamps were installed that will allow local authorities to measure the effectiveness of the system for a possible massive installation in different areas.
The Adilux system works with sensors that allow to take traffic data on the roads and in this way adjust the lighting of the area so that it is necessary for traffic, but without spending unnecessary lighting.
When you have ready the measurement of traffic and the replacement of old lighting by LED lights, an algorithm is made that is the one that regulates the intensity that the light has to have depending on the volume of traffic or weather conditions.
The City Council of Guadalajara expects to achieve a saving of 50% with the new system.
