LACROIX and Villefranche-sur-Saône prepare the lights of tomorrow
Smart Lighting
Villefranche-sur-Saône, located in France (69), has a fleet of approximately 4,400 light points and 136 cabinets, which are generally in good operating condition.
The development priorities for Villefranche-sur-Saône
Secure the intervention of technicians in the field.
Control operation and maintenance expenses to fund future investments.
In order to define its needs and to develop its future lighting management plan, Villefranche-sur-Saône has launched its first testing phase on two pilot sites.
The town has targeted:
A cabinet management solution only.
A cabinet management solution up to the light points.
A detection solution.
Various test objectives
Optimise maintenance
• By reducing the technicians’ night shifts in order to ensure their availability.
• By monitoring the correct operation of the installed fleet.
• By receiving alerts about malfunctioning installations.
Measure and analyse performances
• To rank future investments by identifying installations that require an urgent refurbishment.
• To demonstrate the savings made in energy and operation costs following a retrofit.
Test future-proof solutions
• For the control and management of the cabinet and/or light points.
• To adapt to the future developments of the lighting fleet..
Villefranche-sur-Saône in numbers:
136 cabinets
4400 light points
82,5 km of lit roads
37000 inhabitants
75% of the fleet is in good condition
10% of the fleet has LED bulbs
The fleet has been gradually updated, and today 10% of light points have LED bulbs installed. Cutting the electrical power and turning to more effective lighting fixtures, have enabled the town to reduce its energy consumption by 8% over a period of six years.
The city’s choice
Supported by LACROIX City’s street lighting business unit’s customer service and by the AREL Agency, Villefranche-sur-Saône has chosen the Tegis ecosystem to cater for smart, scalable and modular solutions:
Cabinet management, with Tegis Lighting
Cabinet and light points management, with Tegis Lighting Plus
An ergonomic and easy-to-use web platform
In addition, the SensyCity detection solution was chosen.
Ecosystem to cater for smart, scalable and modular solutions:
2 sites
44 communicating nodes, TNX for management of light points
11 SensyCity® sensors
12 months of testing
160 light points
Tegis Lighting : Area with connected management of street lighting cabinets
Tegis Lighting Plus : Area with connected management of street lighting cabinets up to the light points
Tegis®, proven savings
The installation of Tegis lighting cabinets before an update allows us to easily measure and demonstrate the energy savings that are obtained after improvement works. At a later stage, we will use Tegis to monitor the performances in terms of the operation and consumption of the improved installation.
Philippe DUMAS
Smart Lighting manager
Convincing results
Improvement of the operating conditions by analysing prior events.
Maintenance savings thanks to remote modifications to the lighting and shutdown schedules of cabinets.
Monitoring of the fleet’s energy performances, which enables the identification of installations that need to be urgently updated and to quantify economic gains.
Confirmation of the need for scalable solutions, to adapt the deployment of smart management to the current rate of investments.
The versatility of Tegis enables me to adjust the controls on the different installations in Villefranche-sur-Saône: a real flexibility in view of our living areas and activity spaces.
