National League of Cities: Austin, TX. 20 th November, 2014 The Climate Group No Need to Wait: Accelerating Adoption of LED street lighting.

National League of Cities: Austin, TX. 20th

November, 2014

The Climate Group

No Need to Wait:

Accelerating Adoption of LED street lighting

Dr Ben Ferrari, Director, The Climate Group— Introduction to The Climate Group

— LED consultation 2014

Dr Peter Curley, Technologist, The Climate Group— Global LED Consultation findings – localised issues and shared learning opportunities

— Framing LED street lighting options for cities Flexibility towards ‘Smart city’ concepts

— What adoption barriers are you facing ?

Niels Van Duinen, Philips Professional Lighting Solutions— Challenges to move forward – Transfer of Risk

— New Business Models – ‘Lighting as a service’

Solution Session: LED Street Lighting

The Climate Group – Who we are

Our goal is a prosperous, low carbon future.

We believe this will be achieved through a ‘clean revolution’: the rapid scale-up of low carbon energy and technology. 

The Climate Group – Who we are

We work with leaders from governments and

corporates in three ways:

• We convene key decision makers to inspire

leadership and innovation;• We provide evidence of low carbon success that

enables ambitious action; • We develop practical projects to scale up and

replicate transformational low carbon solutions.

International NGO - we operate offices in USA,

Europe, China, Hong Kong and India.

States & Regions Alliance Members

Why focus on LED Street Lighting ?

Energy Efficient Lighting: Motivation is clear

LED Benefits - More energy efficient lighting- Efficient delivery light reduced light pollution- Longer operational lifetimes less maintenance- Improved lighting quality / colour / colour temperature- Flexibility in lighting – dimming, smart controls

Enhancement of Cities- Modernised city environment ‘smart city’ concepts- Enhanced living experience and well-being- Socio economic benefits – regeneration / business development- Road safety and perceived safety at night

Energy efficient LED solutions ready to go...

Energy Efficient Lighting: A typical LED Luminaire

Ref: Dubai Workshop - Abdo Rouhana – May 2014

LED Package

Final LED luminaire

Lightsavers

Summary Report

LED Trials - Lightsavers and City Reports

Individual City – LED Trial ReportsLightsavers

Technical Report

12 Major Cities15 Trials27 Products500+ Lights

The Climate Group / ‘Lightsavers’ Trials:

Technology mature, energy savings confirmed…..no need to wait.

Cities LED scale-up: We are seeking to accelerate adoption.

Many cities yet to make the LED transition. What local barriers remain ?

Global Consultation: Local Events

Key consultation dates:

Jan 2014 Launch - WEF, DavosJan ongoing Consultation OutreachApril 28th London RoundtableMay 29th Dubai RoundtableWk2. Sep Sao Paulo / Rio de Janeiro Sep 22nd Climate Week NYC 2014

Nov 20th USA - Austin TX

Nov 25thSingapore and MalaysiaDec 11th Beijing

Early 2015 India

Consultation Materials

LED Adoption Barriers - USA

A survey of 300 mayors released this week shows that switching to LEDs is a high priority (82%),

second only to public building retrofits.

LEDs and other energy-efficient lighting are the "most promising technologies" for reducing energy use and carbon emissions, they say.

The most significant barriers are budget constraints (84%) and upfront costs (71%).

http://usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/2014/0122-report-energyefficiency.pdf

So is finance always the critical barrier …..?Jan 2014

The best technology will stay on the shelf if

key stakeholders do not benefit.

The business case for LEDs involves longer operating time, reduced management, servicing, maintenance and replacement costs, and significant energy savings.

BUT:-—Utilities / asset owners and energy providers may see less revenue.

—Utilities may have spare generating capacity at night ideal for street lighting

—City lighting managers may have to downsize their lighting crews.

Revenue Regulation and ‘decoupling’ policies —Decoupling rates from sales

—Challenges of upgrading transfer of ownership, new rate settings

—Driving supporting policy change – more is needed: ‘local champions’ still needed

—Cities consider exploring taking ownership back from the utilities

A Fundamental Barrier: Stakeholder Alignment

We recognise cities have unique history, lighting infrastructure, service agreements etc.

Cities face a key decision; what is the appropriate LED upgrade approach ?

— New options for street lights – eg. dimming, part lighting, smart trigger sensors ?

— Identifying best business cases and suitable finance options

— Procurement LED Quality Thresholds helping the decision process

— Evidence to address remaining public perception issues of LEDs and dispelling myths

— Assessing the additional socio economic benefits most relevant to them.

Consultation: Framing LED Options for Cities

Scale: Small / fast Scale: Large / long term

Consultation: Framing LED Options for Cities

Energy Savings Core Energy Savings

CMS future proofing

Pre-Programmed ‘Intelligent’ luminaires—Light control and dimming can be pre-programmed in an ‘intelligent’ luminaire.

—Many cities trialling dimming, during the early hours of the night eg. 2am-5am.

—Some cities are simply turning street lights off !

Luminaires with ‘smart’ sensors – detect motion and turn ON the LEDs—‘Off’ or dimmed most of the time. Not suitable for all locations.

—Suitable for parks, walkways used infrequently at night. Extreme savings are possible (!)

—Adaptive lighting in areas rather than individual poles. Eg. Lighting adapts to traffic volume.

Centralised Management System (CMS)—Full flexibility, rescheduling, dimming / trimming, performance monitoring, maintenance

—Future proof solution smart city links

Consultation: Framing LED Options for Cities

LEDs can be adopted now with a CMS, or with options to allow future upgrade to link to a CMS

Centralised Management and Future Proofing

Cities can exploit LEDs to achieve significant energy savings now.

Planning LEDs + CMS togetherHelps future proof for links to:- Developing ‘Internet of Things’- Evolving ‘Smart’ City concepts

Future Smart Cities and Data services

- Potential source for generation of future revenues

- Business models, standards, customers undefined

CMSSTREET LIGHTING

Future SMART Motion and light sensors could be installed on selected

poles

PEDESTRIAN MONITORING

CCTV SECURITY

MONITORING

WEATHER SENSORS

RADIATION MONITORING

SMOKE / FIRE SENSORS

TRAFFIC FLOW MONITORING

EVENT RESPONSE

EMERGENCIES

POLLUTION MONITORING

OTHER Eg. GUNSHOT

TRIANGULATION

Developing business case —Each city’s circumstances are different - unique history, variety of stakeholders

—Low energy prices and subsidies can weaken business case

—Limited availability of local funding – new business models ?

Local product sourcing—Many cities want to source from local suppliers – Setting quality thresholds are critical.

Complex Asset Ownership / Stakeholders —Consensus between municipalities, utilities and service operators can be difficult

—Existing agreements, contracts may force municipalities along restricted decision paths

LED Consultation: Examples of COMMON issues

‘’by the time the LED trials were completed more than 30% of suppliers had gone out of business.”

Deciding Smart / Intelligent / adaptive light solutions with CMS options?

—Cities may want to develop a flexible, fully controlled, city-wide lighting systems with smart grid links, prospect of future data services etc…..

Timing of the upgrade(s)

— Existing agreements or infrastructure may still have remaining ‘life’

— Securing funding for LEDs based on energy savings is easy.

— Securing funding for options that are difficult to monetize can be problematic.

LED Consultation: Examples of COMMON issues

“We are offered 50+ different LED lighting options by manufacturers. We only need 3 or 4 !”

In residential areas…‘we simply need the lights to go on and off’ and save energy…’’ ‘We do not plan to dim the LEDs, residents want the

streets well lit’’

LED Consultation: Examples of COMMON issues

DOE(link)

Demand for real world data Not projections

Bespoke On/Off Smart Sensor

Solution

General LED example for cities

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LED Consultation: Examples of COMMON issues

.. LED Street Lights Transform California City’s Streets, Cut Energy Use by 65%

Broad energy savings

LED street lighting trial in 12 of world's largest cities shows up to 85% energy savings Using smart configurations

LEDs could slash street light energy usage by 97%

Extreme optimistic predictions

High energy efficiency claims.

Clarify the operational context underlying ‘extreme savings’ claims.

Numbers could be for a fixed luminaire, a dimmed LED, smart triggered LED…….. or one that is ‘off’ for 99% of the time ….

LED Consultation: Examples of COMMON issues

IEA Report – Solid State Lighting AnnexSep 2014

Evidence Building: Addressing health questions, remaining myths

DoE - USAEU, IEA, etc.

LED Consultation: Examples of REGIONAL issues

What adoption barriers are you facing – right now !?

China

Hong Kong

Australia

Gulf Region

Canada

USA

CEE

UK /EU

‘Lighting as a Service’

Niels Van Duinen

Facilitating LED adoption: New Business Models

New business models needed ?

“This is driven by the market,” ….

…customers want LEDs and controls, but they don’t have the knowledge or

the in-house resources” to develop the end-to-end system and get financing.

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/washington-metro-will-install-leds-at-zero-cost

LED Consultation AnnouncementLink – Main Announcement at Davos

LED Consultation Web PageLink – Main Summary Web Page

The Climate Group and LED Lighting Consultation

The Climate Group

Link - Main Website

Climate Week New York 2014

Link – Main Event Page

Link: Consultation Handout

Summary

For further information please contact:

Dr Ben Ferrari, Climate Group; Email: [email protected]

Peter Curley, Climate GroupEmail: [email protected]

Niels Van DuinenEmail: [email protected]

EXPLOIT LED EFFICIENCY, USING ON/OFF CONTROLS

‘INTELLIGENT LUMINAIRES’ – PROGRAMMED. ON/OFF TIMERS PRE-SET DIMMING etc.

CENTRALISED MANAGEMENT, FLEXIBLE OPERATION, DIMMING, MONITORING,

FUTURE-PROOF

+ Fixed bespoke smart sensors – where appropriate

LIGHTING LINKED OTHER CITY SENSORS AND SERVICES

‘IoT’, ‘Smart City’