Project Description
The EcoStreetLigth project aims to develop a 25% more energy efficient street light with integrated reflector, elimination of protection glass, optimized arc tube and improved luminaire design.
Our concept is to develop new and innovative street lights with 25 % higher efficiency than state of the art lamps. The increased efficiency is to be accomplished by a new and innovative type of light bulb with an integrated reflector. The advantage with an integrated reflector as opposed to a conventional light bulb is that there is no need for a protection glass. The elimination of the protection glass will alone increase the efficiency of the light bulb with 10 % to 20 %. Typical efficiency of reflectors is 80 % - 90 % today. In our proposed project we will develop a new method for reflector coating which will give our reflector an efficiency of 95 % - 98 %. An arc tube specially adapted to street lights will have an increased efficiency compared to today’s street light arc tubes of 5 % to 10 %.
The integration of an electronic dimmable ballast. Improved design of the lighting fixture. Together these advancements will contribute to the increased efficiency. Preliminary calculations done by Mr. Vegger, founder and CEO of the coordinator Gavita, show at least 25 % increase in efficiency for our concept compared to existing technology, i.e. 11 TWh would be saved if all street lights in EU were replaced with our street lights.
A consortium of 3 SMEs and one Large Enterprise will develop the EcoStreetLight.To enable this, the project have invited 3 RTD institutions to join the consortium. The developed street light will enable the SMEs to take shares of the street light market.