How Are Street Lamps Powered?
In short: How a street lamp gets its electricity: the connection to the network, how the UK counts unmetered supplies, and the LEDs, drivers and controls inside the lantern.
A 2:09 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Measurement Office (UK Government), “Government_Response_to_Consultation_-_March_2014.pdf”; Shropshire Council (Street Lighting Design Guide, version 1.6, October 2020, prepared by WSP), “SHROPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL”; Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP), UK, “Resources”; Virginia Transportation Research Council (Virginia Department of Transportation / University of Virginia), report by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, “Microsoft Word - 16-R6 cover.docx”; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (final report by Cree Santa Barbara Technology Center, Award DE-EE0000641), “DE-FC26-03NT41943 Y2 Technical Report”; Springer Nature (Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing), research article 'Smart streetlights in Smart City: a case study of Sheffield', “Smart streetlights in Smart City: a case study of Sheffield - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing”; Elexon, “Charge Codes and Switch Regimes”; U.S. Department of Energy (Solid-State Lighting program), describing work by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), “Connected Lighting Systems”.
Sources used in this film
- National Measurement Office (UK Government) — Government_Response_to_Consultation_-_March_2014.pdf · View →
- Shropshire Council (Street Lighting Design Guide, version 1.6, October 2020, prepared by WSP) — SHROPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · View →
- Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP), UK — Resources · View →
- Virginia Transportation Research Council (Virginia Department of Transportation / University of Virginia), report by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute — Microsoft Word - 16-R6 cover.docx · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (final report by Cree Santa Barbara Technology Center, Award DE-EE0000641) — DE-FC26-03NT41943 Y2 Technical Report · View →
- Springer Nature (Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing), research article 'Smart streetlights in Smart City: a case study of Sheffield' — Smart streetlights in Smart City: a case study of Sheffield - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing · View →
- Elexon — Charge Codes and Switch Regimes · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy (Solid-State Lighting program), describing work by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) — Connected Lighting Systems · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Measurement Office (UK Government): Government_Response_to_Consultation_-_March_2014.pdf
- Also: Shropshire Council (Street Lighting Design Guide, version 1.6, October 2020, prepared by WSP): SHROPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Also: Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP), UK: Resources
- Also: Virginia Transportation Research Council (Virginia Department of Transportation / University of Virginia), report by Vir: Microsoft Word - 16-R6 cover.docx
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (final report by Cree Santa Barbara Technology: DE-FC26-03NT41943 Y2 Technical Report
- Also: Springer Nature (Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing), research article 'Smart streetlights in Smart: Smart streetlights in Smart City: a case study of Sheffield - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
- Also: Elexon: Charge Codes and Switch Regimes
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy (Solid-State Lighting program; research by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PNNL): Connected Lighting Systems
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