Environmental challenge(s) met
Carbon and Energy Management

Outline of project:
After receiving £24M from Innovate UK's Future Cities Demonstrator Programme Glasgow City Council has begun to explore innovative ways to use technology and data to make life in the city safer, smarter and more sustainable.

With approximately 72,000 sodium street lights planned to be replaced with low carbon, long-life smart LED street lights. The City's lighting infrastructure is being transformed into a network of hi-tech pieces of monitoring equipment; with each luminaire being fitted with sensors that can measure noise detection, footfall (movement/activity), and air pollution.

The data collected from this network of sensors is sent to the City's state-of-the-art operations centre where it's used by the Council to develop a series of initiatives to showcase the exciting potential offered by smart city technology.

What stage is the project at?
Research and Development

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