SLBasis Dessau – SmartLighting from prototype to an urban application
Street lighting should make a route visible when people use it. SLBasis Dessau developed Anhalt University’s SmartLighting technology for an urban application. The joint project with Dessau-Roßlau connected luminaires with motion sensing, wireless communication and distributed control.
The lights act as a connected system. One node detects movement and shares information with its neighbours, allowing several luminaires to coordinate lighting along the expected route. Research addressed sensor processing, communication between nodes and configuration in the actual street environment.
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The city was responsible for adapting the lighting installation, while the university’s SmartLighting technology was used and developed for the application. The goals were installation, commissioning and optimisation of demand-sensitive lighting.
SLBasis is the funded Dessau development phase. The earlier Bernburg-Strenzfeld test installation and the wider technical work are described on the SmartLighting research page. The research approach thus led to a specific municipal application.
Project and funding
Status: completed; funding period November 2019–October 2022. Funding: ERDF and the state of Saxony-Anhalt for intelligent transport systems.
