A Security Aware Lighting Control System for Public Open Spaces: An IoT Powered Approach

Cities world over are becoming more congested as people moving into them for better living conditions. Such fast migration towards cities puts heavy demands on city resources. One of the resources that suffers an impact almost immediately is the open spaces in cities. Open spaces are the public spaces that are accessed by people freely for different purposes. Open spaces help citizens maintain a healthy life by relieving stresses. The open spaces visited by people at night must provide adequate lighting for them to engage in their activities. It is seen that many open spaces waste energy as the lights have been on throughout the nights irrespective of usage of the space. In this paper, the authors propose a security aware lighting control system that helps minimize the energy waste without compromising on security. A prototype implementation was tested and the results were positive promising real field implementations.