Technopark Ankara

Ivedik Industrial zone city in North Ankara in turkey , with about 10,000 SMEs and more than 25,000 public lighting points. The Industrial zone is known as a knowledge hub and a living lab for the technology industry, where many companies design, develop and launch innovative new automoation technologies. As a growing industrial city, Ankara has been facing several challenges. First of all, the city needed to find ways to save energy and become more sustainable in its daily operations. Furthermore, the municipality wants to tackle the negative effects that street crime has on public safety and comfort. To achieve these goals as well as to enhance the attractiveness of the city, local authorities have focused attention on improving public street lighting.

Tech Zone is well known that public safety and street lighting are linked: safer streets are those that are well-lit. In an effort to provide adequate levels of lighting for citizens, cities typically have over-lit streets with lights on for hours without a single living soul around them. In short, cities spend on powering street lights that don’t burn for anyone. At the same time, for reasons of public safety, it is never possible to turn off the lights completely. Cities around the world are familiar with this dilemma. As much as energy needs to be saved and costs cut, it is also imperative to put citizens first and ensure their safety and comfort. How can municipalities save energy and at the same time ensure the safety of citizens with the right amount of lights

The Complex of University campus opted for AREYLight’s AI controlled proactive lighting solution and installed AREYLight nodes  throughout the campus zone. Now, during the off-peak hours, the lights are dimmed down to 20% of their capacity. As soon as human presence is detected, all the lights surrounding the occupant glow to full brightness, embracing the person in a warm circle of light.The Tech zone also adopted AREYLight’s Smart Control application to collect statistical data and failure reports.

The results are Impressive! The location has achieved energy savings of 63% on its conventional lighting and the community has hailed the efficiency efforts and given positive feedback about their experience in first quarter.

Open standards and Open APIs-based solutions enable easy integration and interoperability between different systems. For instance, the LMS is being inter-connected to the local asset management system  through different smart city applications and monitoring and servicing effectiveness.