Comprehensive Smart Streetlight and Integrated Facility Solution

Situational Analysis

Currently, while the deployment of smart streetlights and smart facilities like solar-powered smart benches, interactive screens, and smart bins is increasing in urban areas, significant challenges persist. These systems often operate in isolation, creating "information silos" that hinder data interoperability and functional synergy.

Smart Streetlights:

Many existing smart streetlights offer basic intelligent illumination but lack sufficient integration with other urban facilities, failing to leverage their full potential as hubs for urban infrastructure.

Traditional streetlights are particularly inefficient, consuming approximately 30-50% more energy than their smart counterparts. Fault detection relies heavily on manual inspections, leading to low efficiency and an average fault repair time exceeding 24 hours, which compromises road safety and lighting quality.

Smart Facilities:

Other smart facilities are similarly fragmented. Solar-powered smart benches, typically found in parks and squares, suffer from power instability due to weather dependency and offer limited functionality (e.g., charging, seating) with no data interaction with nearby systems.

Interactive screens often display outdated or homogenous content, failing to adapt to the surrounding environment or public demand. The monitoring functions of smart bins are frequently inadequate, with delayed full-capacity alerts leading to inefficient waste collection

and poor integration with waste sorting campaigns.

Management Platforms:

The management platforms for these various facilities are independent. Urban management departments must navigate multiple systems, which increases operational costs and complexity.

This fragmentation prevents comprehensive data analysis and utilization, ultimately constraining the advancement of city-wide intelligent management.

Planning and Design

Overall Layout Planning
Functional Planning for Each Facility
Technology Platform Planning

Overall Layout Planning

A scientifically planned layout will be designed based on the functional positioning of different urban zones.

Commercial Districts: Higher density of smart streetlights and interactive screens. Screens will focus on commercial advertisements and promotional activities. Smart bins will have an increased number of disposal ports to accommodate high foot traffic.

Residential Areas: Strategic placement of solar-powered smart benches for residents. Smart streetlight illumination can be moderately reduced to conserve energy. Interactive screens will display community notices and public service information.

Parks and Scenic Areas: Solar-powered smart benches will be placed near walkways and rest areas, complemented by smart streetlights for nighttime illumination. Smart bins will be designed to blend with the natural environment using eco-friendly materials. Interactive screens will provide park maps, attraction details, and visitor information.
Functional Planning for Each Facility

Smart Streetlight: Beyond intelligent lighting (auto-adjusting brightness based on ambient light and traffic flow), the pole will serve as a multi-functional hub integrating 5G micro-base stations, environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, PM2.5, noise), video surveillance, and emergency broadcasting. It will act as a data transmission nexus, connecting with and managing other smart facilities.

Solar-Powered Smart Bench: Equipped with high-efficiency solar panels, USB and wireless charging modules. Built-in sensors will monitor usage status and ambient environmental data, transmitting it to the central management platform via the nearest smart streetlight. Optional features include Bluetooth speakers and Wi-Fi hotspots to enhance the user experience.

Smart Interactive Screen: High-definition, multi-touch screens will display public information (weather, traffic, government notices) and enable interactive services like facility lookups, utility bill payments, and government service appointments. It will link with smart streetlights to display real-time environmental data and with smart bins to show fill levels and sorting guides.

Smart Bin: Features intelligent waste sorting recognition using image analysis. Integrated weight and fill-level sensors will trigger alerts when a preset threshold is reached. It will also include deodorizing and sterilization units and a dedicated solar power module for its systems.
Technology Platform Planning

A unified smart facility management platform will be established using cloud computing, big data, and IoT technologies for centralized control. The platform will support data acquisition and analysis, remote control, fault alerts, and statistical reporting, accessible via desktop and mobile devices.

All facilities will connect to the smart streetlights via wireless communication protocols (e.g., LoRa, NB-IoT, 5G), which then aggregate and forward the data to the central platform, optimizing transmission efficiency.

Functional Integration

Data Intercommunication and Sharing

The smart streetlight, acting as a data hub, collects and transmits data from all connected facilities to the management platform.

The platform analyzes this data to inform urban management decisions, such as optimizing bench placement based on usage, refining waste collection routes based on fill levels, and tailoring screen content based on user interaction data.

Linked Control and Services

Streetlight & Bench: Streetlights can automatically increase illumination near a bench when it is occupied at night.
Streetlight & Screen: Real-time environmental data from the streetlight is displayed on the screen. Emergency broadcasts from the pole are mirrored on the screen.
Streetlight & Bin: When a bin is full, the streetlight's display or speaker can direct citizens to the nearest alternative.
Screen & Bin: Citizens can use the screen to look up waste sorting information and see the real-time status and location of nearby smart bins.

Integrated Public Services

All facility functions are combined to offer one-stop services.

A citizen resting on a smart bench can use its Wi-Fi to interact with a nearby screen to find local business information or book appointments.

Cost Control and Energy-Saving Measures

Cost Control

Bulk Purchasing: Negotiate lower prices with suppliers through bulk procurement of all smart facilities.
Phased Implementation: Roll out the project in stages based on regional needs and budget availability, prioritizing high-traffic areas first.
Shared Infrastructure: Maximize the use of the smart streetlight pole and its power supply to mount other devices, reducing redundant construction.

Energy-Saving Measures

Energy Optimization: Utilize LED light sources for streetlights (over 50% more efficient than traditional bulbs). Solar power will be the primary source for benches and bins, with an automatic switch to the grid as a backup.
Intelligent Adjustment: ¡Interactive screens will auto-adjust brightness based on ambient light. Streetlights will dim during periods of low or no pedestrian traffic to conserve power.

Cost Control and Energy-Saving Measures

Emergency Management

Contingency Plans: Pre-established emergency plans for scenarios like natural disasters, large-scale equipment failure, and cyber-attacks.
Emergency Drills: Regular drills to ensure the O&M team is prepared for a swift and effective response.
Post-Event Recovery: Rapid assessment and repair of damaged equipment to restore full functionality after an emergency.
Fault Management

Predictive Alerts: The platform analyzes data to predict failures and automatically issue alerts to the O&M team.
Rapid Response: Upon receiving an alert, the O&M team is dispatched for immediate troubleshooting and repair.
Maintenance Records: A detailed log of all faults and repairs is maintained for future reference and analysis.
Routine O&M

Equipment Inspection: Regular scheduled inspections of all facilities to check operational status, physical integrity, and wiring.
Data Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of all equipment data via the management platform to preemptively identify anomalies.
Cleaning and Maintenance: Regular cleaning of all facilities, especially streetlight lampshades, screens, and bin openings.