Future outdoor installations to focus on LED lamps
Networked outdoor lighting systems will be integrated with smart city initiatives and outdoor lighting systems will become a major contributor to global energy use. Today, this market segment is dominated by fluorescent, high-pressure sodium, and metal halide lamps. Over the next 10 years, however, LEDs will become the leading lamp type for outdoor installations concludes Navigant in the analyst’s report entitled ‘Outdoor and Parking Lighting Systems’.
“LED outdoor area luminaires must compete with existing technologies that are relatively energy efficient and low cost, making lifetime cost savings more challenging in a market led by retrofits and replacements,” explained Jesse Foote, senior research analyst with Navigant Research. “With LED prices continuing to fall, however, the case for replacing today’s most prevalent lighting technologies is becoming more and more compelling.”
The growth of smart city initiatives is also driving outdoor lighting systems to become increasingly sophisticated, according to the report. Smart lighting systems can make decisions in real time; a networked light in a city park, for example, can detect when an individual lamp burns out and immediately schedule a maintenance crew visit. Many companies in the lighting sector now refer to themselves as being at the center of the Internet of Things, rather than as pure-play lighting companies.
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