Overview
Funding:
European Commission, Intelligent Energy Europe Programme
Timeframe:
20/04/2010 – 19/04/2013
Budget:
2 112 996 Euro
Contractors:
Berliner Energieagentur GmbH (BEA), Germany (Coordinator); Black Sea Energy Research Centre (BSERC), Bulgaria; Ekodoma, Latvia; European Lamp Companies Federation (ELC), Belgium; ELTODO., Czech Republic; Gruppo Impresa Finance Srl (GIF), Italia; City of Gothenburg (GOT), Sweden; Javna razsvetljava (JR), Slovenia; The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE), Poland; Luminext, The Netherlands; Agency for Road and Transport, City of Oslo, Norway, Spanish Society of Electrical Constructions (SECE), Spain; Selc Ireland Limited (SELC), Ireland; SEVEn, The Energy Efficiency Center, Czech Republic; SITO Oy, Finland; Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK, Slovenia
Description
The project ESOLi aimed to raise the awareness regarding intelligent street lighting and accelerate the use of the technologies across Europe. Project partners assessed energy savings in different settings, helped to coordinate procurement initiatives, speeded up the development of legislation and standards, and drew up a list of customers’ requirements.
The specific project objectives were to:
- Increase energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in outdoor lighting;
- Establish innovative financial schemes;
- Transfer knowledge from experienced countries to countries with little intelligent light points;
- Establish a comprehensive network of key actors on national and European level;
- Improve the market conditions for energy service companies.
As a follow-up project from E-Street (Intelligent Road and Street Lighting in Europe), ESOLi aimed at progressing and building upon the results of E-Street. Within the assessment of framework conditions, the state-of-affairs concerning technology, market barriers, knowledge and other general conditions were examined.
As one of the strategic objectives was to increase the number of installed intelligent light points, the promotion towards and the involvement of new end users were important tasks for the project. Appropriate information and consulting modules were developed and implemented.
To reduce the lack of information and knowledge, trainings were offered for the staff of street lighting operators and other relevant target groups, while at the same time the general conditions for standardization, as well as for new installations and contracts were treated and improved towards an easier implementation of intelligent lighting systems in outdoor lighting.