The maturity of Internet of Things technology has led to explosive growth in the demand for smart city construction. More than 500 cities in our country are conducting smart city pilots. According to statistics from CCID Think Tank, the scale of investment in smart cities under construction nationwide has exceeded 800 billion yuan. At the same time, the intervention of technology giants such as Huawei and ZTE in the past two years has prompted the construction of smart street lights to enter a new stage of development at the technical level.
On August 30, 2016, sponsored by Xuanzhi Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and jointly supported by Philips Lighting (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai Baiyi Lighting Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co., Ltd., and Yunzhiyi | Guangzhou Yunwan Information Technology Co., Ltd., the 2016 Smart Lighting Development and Application Conference was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Nanjing. Representatives from owners, engineering companies, designers, city managers, and lighting companies were invited to discuss how LED lighting companies can build smart cities in the era of the Internet of Everything.
As an important component of smart cities, smart lighting has received great attention from relevant departments and has been vigorously promoted. However, corresponding to the popularity of the concept of smart lighting, application units are relatively unfamiliar with the implementation of its technology and applications.
As an important platform for industrial innovation exchanges, this forum takes the application of lighting in smart cities as the entry point, conducts market and policy analysis, effect and application evaluation, technology and product discussions on LED lighting, and conducts a comprehensive discussion on the technological progress and market development of the LED lighting industry, especially under the guidance of smart cities, the integration of LED lamps and intelligent systems, smart lighting technology and exchanges on how private capital can participate in project construction through PPP.
Shen Ru, vice chairman and secretary-general of Nanjing Illuminating Society, Bu Yaoting, deputy general manager of the energy-saving lighting division of China Southern Power Grid Integrated Energy Co., Ltd., Zhu Da, senior product manager of Philips Lighting (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Hang Hua, CEO of Shanghai Baiyi Lighting Electronics Co., Ltd., Yun Zhiyi | VP of Guangzhou Yunwan Information Technology Co., Ltd. Li Jinlu, Huang Liben, deputy director of the Design Center of Nanjing Street Light Management Institute and other industry guests participated in theme sharing and on-site discussions.
Smart street lights are an important part of smart city construction. Efficient, smart, and intensive intelligent management methods will upgrade the level of urban road lighting management and continuously improve energy-saving effects. Shen Ru served as the moderator of the forum. She started with the latest developments in smart cities and smart lighting applications. She believed that driven by smart street lights, future new cities that integrate intelligence and low carbon are accelerating the rise.
The Internet of Things is nothing new, but connecting lighting fixtures to the Internet of Things is a new concept. It is both revolutionary and will become mainstream. So, in the Internet of Things era, how can companies seize business opportunities and the future? Bu Yaoting, deputy general manager of the Public Facilities and Lighting Energy Saving Division of China Southern Power Grid Integrated Energy Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote report on "The Connotation and Extension" of Lighting in the Internet of Things Era. He said, "The era of the Internet of Things has arrived. The number of global IoT device terminals estimated by several major research institutions is basically between 25 billion and 28 billion IoT connections. It is predicted to be 1.7 trillion US dollars by 2020." The basic connotation of lighting has four aspects: first, energy conservation and environmental protection; second, light environment and health; third, intelligence; fourth, artistic.
After seeing the huge scale of smart city construction, what will be the next step? Can LED lighting companies capture any opportunities? Zhu Da, senior product manager of Philips Lighting (China) Investment Co., Ltd., said: "In fact, wisdom has two meanings. To me, the first one is a kind of light that can change with the requirements of the application. The second one is that it can be integrated." From the discussion of the stability of LED lamps and the analysis of the role of power supply in it, Zhu Da shared the most critical control execution and driving component in the smart street lighting system, the LED power supply. Its functional design, performance, and cost are directly related to the implementation effect and market application of the system.
From a business perspective, Hang Hua, CEO of Shanghai Baiyi Lighting Electronics Co., Ltd., shared his thoughts on smart cities and smart street lights. He believes that smart cities actually use information and communication methods to manage the entire city through the sensing methods of the Internet of Things, and truly realize management. This is the initial stage of smart cities. And through the implementation cases of smart street lights, we will tell you about the bright future of the city. In addition, Baiyi Lighting Wang Guiguang also made in-depth sharing of innovative solutions from a technical perspective.
With the continuous development of technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and cloud computing, a number of technology giants and cloud platform service providers frequently engage in cross-border cooperation with lighting companies, using smart lighting as a breakthrough for smart homes and even smart cities to seize market opportunities in the Internet of Things era. Yunzhiyi, the industry's leading smart life IoT cloud platform, has been making frequent moves recently. Yunzhiyi | Li Jinlu, VP of Guangzhou Yunwan Information Technology Co., Ltd. also brought the audience a keynote report on "Cloud Platform Makes City Lighting Smarter".
Through the pilot projects of smart cities, we see that smart lighting has entered a new development model. At the Smart Lighting Development and Application Conference, Huang Liben, deputy director of the Design Center of Nanjing Street Light Management Institute, discussed smart cities based on street light networks to provide basis for the construction of smart cities in various places.
Afterwards, during the discussion session, the guests spoke enthusiastically, and the atmosphere at the meeting was lively. At this point, the Smart Lighting Development and Application Conference Nanjing Station ended successfully in a fierce collision!
Smart cities are built on interconnected giant database networks. This cannot be accomplished by individuals. It requires full cooperation among manufacturers in various fields. In the application field of smart street lights, it requires the cooperation of power supply, street light, and control system companies. Only when all intelligent systems in a smart city form a closed loop that starts and ends again and again can we achieve true intelligence and the construction of smart cities can be carried out effectively. This is also the significance of our forum. This forum creates an innovative spirit for the future development of smart cities, gathers the power of wisdom in the lighting industry, builds momentum for the market, and creates a lighting feast.
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