Toward a smart street lighting in Morocco: Case study of Ifrane city

Abstract

Smart street lighting system is one of the technologies that support green environmental related works. Thanks to the technology advancement, this branch of street lighting can benefit from the implementation of new solutions that will help organizations around the word to better manage the electricity consumption and develop a strong smart city. Indeed, smart street lighting are a component of the smart city system. By using smart lighting, cities can improve safety, reduce costs, and increase energy efficiency. This work seeks to evaluate, through a qualitative study, the implementation of smart street lighting solution in certain areas of the kingdom to identify the result generated after integrating new street lighting energy management system to reduce energy consumption. To answer this objective, we conduct a qualitative study developed through the case study method, and we focus on the case of Ifrane city. The data was collected according to a documentary study. The main results claim that smart lighting makes it possible to reduce up to 42 % of costs, and a better result can be achieved with better management practices.