Project description
Smart streetlights with monitoring capabilities on the path to market
Spain-based company EKIONA specialises in solar lighting solutions for bicycle paths, pedestrian malls, sports fields, parks, rural paths, roundabouts, roads and parking lots. The solar-powered streetlights developed and manufactured are found in urban, residential, industrial and recreational venues. They fit in seamlessly with the surrounding environment because the photovoltaic panel, battery and electronic control unit are located in the upper part of the lamp post, thus preventing possible damage owing to vandalism or flooding. The EU-funded E-FREE project aims to develop streetlights that also integrate real-time monitoring functionalities. By collecting and analysing data, smart streetlights serve as essential infrastructure for smart cities, improving citizens’ quality of life.
Objective
EKIONA is a company specialized in personalized solar lighting solutions. It develops, manufactures and commercializes Solar street lights located mainly in urban, residential, industrial, sports and recreational venues. EKIONA offers top lighting solutions for bicycle paths, pedestrian malls, country sides, sports fields, parks, rural paths, housing developments, roundabouts, roads, parking lots and similar applications.
Since its foundation in 2010, several Solar Street Light projects have been carried out between EKIONA and some of the regions of Spain, including San Sebastian, Bilbao, Logroño, Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands. Currently, EKIONA is having traction from customers to include other packs in its Solar Street Lights. Spanish customers and also international customers, mainly customers from the Middle East (Qatar and UAE), are interested in integral solutions.
Service Packs that are being requested are related to the improvement of the quality of life for citizen. Health care, security, sustainability and economy are being the figures that are considered in these service packs. The service packs are aimed to be sensor based systems that collect data from the environment, record it, analyse it and create results when possible. It is envisaged Solar Street Lights and add-on Systems on-line connected to Smart Cities and their frameworks.
EKIONA is planning to perform pilot projects to check the logic and requirements of these systems. Pilot projects have been agreed with local governments from San Sebastian, Vitoria, Logroño and Madrid regions.
The main objective in Phase I is to analyse possible ways to monetize those on-top services of the B2B and B2G business models that EKIONA has with Solar Street Lights and its potential markets.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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20009 DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIAN
Spain
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