Better lighting in public spaces
Council is committed to enhance the management of our public assets. We have started implementing remote-managed adaptive lighting (smart lighting) in our parks and open spaces.
What is smart lighting?
Smart lighting is adaptive lighting that can be managed remotely. Public lights are fitted with technology that sends near real-time data to us via a dashboard. We use this data to:
- monitor use
- monitor maintenance requirements
- adjust lighting remotely such as switching on and off, dimming or changing the light colour.
Where are the lights located?
Smart lighting is deployed at the following locations:
- Stonnington Sports Centre
- Ferrie Oval
- Orrong Romanis Reserve sports lighting
- Toorak Park Sports Oval lighting
- Toorak Park Pavilion
- Darling Gardens
- Caroline Gardens
- Thomas Oval dog parkSurrey Road ParkMilton Grey Reserve
- Prahran Square
- Argo Reserve
- Gladstone Gardens
- Percy Treyvaud Memorial Park
- Vista Grove
- Izzet Street pocket park.
How does smart lighting benefit our community?
Smart lighting improves visibility across the City while reducing electricity usage and maintenance issues
The new lights will tell us when there is a fault so we can get onto it quickly. This will keep the parks well-lit and make them safer.
With this technology, we can track energy consumption and maintenance of individual streetlights. With brightness adjustment and automated reporting, smart lighting will help us be more efficient and reduce costs and adverse emissions.
The lights operating schedule will also maintain the biodiversity in our open spaces by keeping the light dimmed to minimum when no people are around.
To find out more about the other initiatives to create more sustainable community visit our Creating a sustainable Stonnington page.