Análisis técnico – económico de factibilidad de implementación de sistemas de alumbrado público inteligente en el Ecuador .

Abstract

Currently, smart lighting systems play an important role in the field of sustainability and infrastructure of cities that seek to minimize the consumption of electrical energy. In Ecuador, energy consumption in public lighting systems represents 6.12% of total electrical energy consumption. Likewise, several challenges arise that must be addressed by the Electric Distribution companies; where high energy consumption is considered one of the most important problems to be solved. In this sense, the control of public lighting systems would allow to obtain considerable energy savings. Energy Management Systems provide efficient control and energy saving actions that can be applied in the public lighting service, with the development of the Internet of Things, the proliferation of smart grids made up of sensors and software applications for the exchange of information is becoming easier. In this way, in Ecuador, the implementation of intelligent public lighting systems must be taken into consideration, in order to minimize the enormous amount of energy that is wasted at night when there is no circulation of vehicles or pedestrians. In this research, a novel technical and economic feasibility study is proposed associated with an intelligent public lighting system that allows significant energy savings in the public lighting service, providing an improvement in management actions, thus integrating a flexible and safe system .