Shah found that Europe pays over €10 billion ($13 billion) a year powering streetlights, which accounts for more than 40% of government energy bills.
“I thought, why should each citizen pay for street lights that aren't being used? We now have a solution for that.”
Chintan Shah,CEO
This translates into 40 million tons of CO2 emissions annually — enough to power 20 million cars. His solution was to create an intelligent, “on-demand” lighting system using wireless sensors. Streetlights only light up in the presence of a person, bicycle or car, and remain dim the rest of the time.
By Daisy Carrington
First published on July 29, 2013
From: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/18/tech/innovation/tvilight-street-lamps-roosegarde/