Darwin Leading the Way - Innovative Technology to Manage Lighting
19 April 2019
In an Australian first,
City of Darwin has announced a new
technology platform that will control and manage Council's
public
lighting network.
Nearly 10,000 lights will be operated through the new system, providing
savings of approximately $1M per annum.
CEO City of
Darwin, Scott Waters said “This investment in our future will
deliver long term savings and
energy efficiencies and sets a new
benchmark Nationally.”
“Now is the right time and Darwin is the right size city to deliver this
type of technology.”
“Our community expects Council to manage assets in the most cost
efficient and effective way and this new technology will replace
existing outdated fittings and controls.”
The new technology is expected to deliver maintenance savings, energy
efficiencies, improved and dynamic lighting levels and
asset management
capabilities through smart control systems.
Public lighting faults will be automated through the control system,
ensuring outages are quickly captured and resolved, rather than relying
on the community and time consuming maintenance reports.
"This is expected to be one the the largest rollout projects of its
kind, of not only of LED's, but of control systems to measure and manage
the lights for an Australian capital city."
After an extensive tender process
Telensa Systems Pty Ltd has been
awarded the final contract (2018/021 Supply & Service Contract for
Public Lighting Controls & System) to manage Council's public lighting
network.
Will Gibson, Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Telensa said “We
are excited to be working with City of Darwin to deliver a modern,
efficient and resilient street lighting system that will pay for itself
in short order and be responsive to community needs for decades to
come.”
The project will begin mid-April 2019 and expected completion is January
2021.
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Source: City of Darwin - www.darwin.nt.gov.au
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