Lana shines with efficiency

More than 1,500 lights have to be recorded and categorised in the South Tyrolean market town of Lana. The background of this action is a resolution by the South Tyrolean government which intends to optimise public street lighting with regard to energy efficiency and minimised light pollution. Light planner Christian Ragg developed a master plan for public lighting which focuses on saving energy and curbing light pollution in the night sky. This plan was implemented with the Leica Zeno 5 and support from mobileGIS.at.

Christian Ragg, a light technology engineer from the neighbouring country of Austria was commissioned with illuminating Lana in the area of light. “Step one is to take inventory of public lighting, and step two is to develop a light plan with which the town can comply with the stipulations of the local government's ordinance.”

One requirement of the town of Lana was that the contractor would have to acquire geo-referenced data and provide it to the management in such a way that it could be integrated into the regional geographic information system. This is why Ragg chose to rely on support from Leica Geosystems for his commissioned task. He contacted DI (FH) Martin Trimmel of “mobileGIS.at”: “As a light technician, the geographic location of recorded points isn't part of my daily work. Martin Trimmel provided me with a hand-held Zeno 5 GPS from Leica Geosystems, a device which I could use to carry out my job efficiently and within a time frame acceptable to everyone.”

经过短暂的培训期间,Ragg开始的。He hopped on a bicycle and rode to all the lights in the city, point by point. “I was happy to be equipped with such a lightweight and handy device,” said Ragg. While the device determined the position of the light point, Ragg filled in the predefined entry fields, such as light type, bulb type, age of the light and light point height, on the device and was able to cover about 170 to 180 lights per day.

由于记录小镇的室外照明不是Ragg日常工作的一部分，因此他决定对Mobilegis进行GIS评估。在。他将与Leica Zeno 5收集的数据发送给了Martin Trimmel，他使用Zeno Field＆Office软件为轻型技术人员准备了数据和集成的光点。另一方面，拉娜（Lana）市收到了Trimmel的直接具有GIS的形状文件。使用这些文件，可以记录和控制照明网络的进一步开发。

Using the survey as a basis, the second part of Ragg's task could begin – the creation of a light plan. He will develop a proposal where inefficient lights and lights which create a large amount of light pollution will be replaced with efficient light systems with the least possible light pollution. “This proposal will be discussed with the town and implemented in steps,” said Ragg. It will enable Lana to be illuminated in an energy-efficient, economical and environmentally friendly way. The town agreed to it, and Ragg is implementing it using Leica Geosystems technology as a foundation.

Written by Toni Everwand