JPS Chooses Preferred Bidders
for Smart LED Streetlight Project
January 15, 2017
JPS is reporting
that it has identified two preferred vendors for the Smart LED Streetlight Project
which will be rolled out across the country, commencing this year. The vendors are Petra Systems and Fosrich
Group of Companies in partnership with Philips Lighting. Both companies possess
a solid track record of several years in the global lighting industry, in both
domestic and commercial markets. The
selection process commenced in September 2016, when JPS issued a Request for
Proposals from interested parties, for the supply of smart LED street light
fixtures. This
RFP was issued in collaboration with international consultant Tuatara Group LLC,
through grant funding from the United States Trade and Development Agency
(USTDA). Following
the selection of the LED vendors, JPS will identify suitable entities for the
installation of the lighting fixtures, as well as provision and management of the
smart features. The Smart Streetlight Project will target a
total of 110,000 streetlights.
“Smart
Streetlights will deliver tangible benefits to the country,” announced JPS Chief
Technology Officer, Gary Barrow. “In
addition to lowering energy costs and improving energy efficiency, smart
streetlights can facilitate the smart technology to support crime fighting,
through the use of image sensing (including allowing for close circuit TV)” he
informed. “Smart Streetlights will also
reduce the carbon emissions from power consumption, a boon for the environment”
he noted.
Other benefits of
the smart streetlight system, include its ability to detect and report light
failure per location; report maintenance and repairs of lights; as well as
measure and report energy usage per lamp.
The street light system will be managed by a control centre that will
facilitate ease of monitoring and other aspects of management.
Smart City
Just recently, JPS
retrofitted 330 streetlights in the New Kingston area with LED lights, as part
of its Smart City Pilot. The next phase of the project involves the addition of
intelligent controls to the LED fixtures for the maintenance and controls of
the lights in the area. This has
resulted in improved safety and security in the area, with persons feeling more
comfortable doing business at later hours. The smart street lights are the first phase of
several technologies that will be deployed to make New Kingston one of the first
smart cities in the Caribbean. The smart
streetlight initiative
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