Cariboni Group, in collaboration with
Citelum and EBF Costruzioni, has contributed to the transformation of Syracuse into a
smart city.
The project
The main purpose was to create a
Smart City for the heart of the historic center of Syracuse: the
island of Ortygia. The project was designed to achieve four main targets:
energy efficiency,
enhancement of the historical heritage of the city, remote control and management of lighting points, and data transmission systems. The latter were addressed to citizens, tourists and the municipality, taking advantage of the
Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, to offer
broad- and narrowband communications thus, enabling several services as
video surveillance, WiFi hot-spots, tourist information, measuring and sensing.
The island of Ortygia
Already defined by Cicero
"the largest and most beautiful of all Greek cities" and declared a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, Syracuse finds its founding nucleus in the Island of Ortygia, the authentic
historical center of the city where many
Baroque monuments and
historical buildings are concentrated.
Overall, the project consisted of replacing about 1,530 light sources with highly energy-efficient LED lamps, managed and controlled remotely.
Cariboni lighted up
piazza Pancali, where the
temple of Apollo stands out and
corso Matteotti that reaches piazza Archimede.
For
lighting urban spaces,
KALOS has been proposed with LED technology. Its
technical features are consistent with the environmental context and
LED technology has improved its perception thanks to the optical systems created for the historical centers. The LED product has been supplied as
POST TOP version with a patented "Front & Back" optics, able to generate a double photometric solid which
fulfills the dual function of lighting up carriageway on the one hand and then cycle path or a pedestrian area. This solution offers the possibility of replacing the existing pole systems complete with two light sources with a pole system complete with only one KALOS that performs the double task of lighting, thus guaranteeing significant
energy savings and maintenance costs.
BenefitsIn addition to
energy savings of up to 60% in selected districts, the operator can remotely
manage breakdowns, plan maintenance routines and set customized lighting patterns for single districts, streets and even single lamps, triggering on/off and dimming actions according to programmed schedules (i.e. daily solar times, week days, specific local circumstances or events, etc.) or on demand (i.e. in case of emergencies or public security issues).
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