According to a new research report from analyst firm Berg Insight, today there are about 33 million smart streetlights around the globe. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 20.9 percent, the installed base will reach about 85 million by the end of 2029 and come to 100 million before the end of this decade.
Europe leads the adoption of smart street lighting technology and presently accounts for as much as 35% of the global installed base. North America is growing robustly and called for around a third of global shipment volumes in 2024. China hosts almost half of the installed base of smart street lights outside Europe and North America.
Advantages of Smart Lighting are very well known. Installing energy-efficient LED lamps immediately makes Cities save up to 70% in power consumption and related costs. Up to 25% more power can be saved if enabling full remote management and control of single or grouped luminaires by connecting them to a sentient IoT network, introducing key features such as scheduled on/off switching, and adaptive dimming.
There is more. Nowadays streetlights are a canvas for urban innovation, improving not only sustainability and efficiency, but creating opportunities for mobility, public safety, tourism, and overall quality of life.
Being a sort of nervous system for any City, streetlight networks connect almost any district and street with access to power. That’s why they can easily become a rich sensor platform, collecting vital data for a myriad of urban applications. Example of services that can be deployed together with Smart Lighting include traffic light controls, traffic and district video surveillance, air quality and environmental monitoring, pervasive WiFi and broadband connectivity.
How to make sure smart streetlights generate the utmost value for a city? How can they support and stimulate future growth? In our experience, interoperability and openness are the best answers.
Eager to learn more? Let’s meet at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain: we will join the event with our parent company MinebeaMitsumi to showcase our innovative range of solutions for smart street lighting and more. Stay tuned for updates!
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