A true Smart City is one that effectively manages the urban resources that make up cities and municipalities, including their public lighting. The data inventory is the most effective tool to achieve this.
To understand this, one only needs to closely examine the more than 15 years of experience of Fisotec, a specialized company in High-Quality Technical Inventories.
What are the objectives of a data inventory applied to the management and maintenance of energy infrastructure and equipment?
In the words of José Ruiviejo, CEO of Fisotec Solutions, «the process of collecting urban data is carried out with several objectives. Firstly, to serve as a basis for conducting audits. The better the data collection and capture beforehand, the more accurate the subsequent planning will be. Secondly, the data inventory aims to update the management of municipal assets. This way, maintenance companies that manage public lighting have a better foundation and understanding of the reality of the assets they maintain. Ultimately, this contributes to the peace of mind of our clients.»
Why We Need Updated Data
It’s a fact that, nowadays, thanks to technology, data can be kept up to date in many ways: types of luminaires, updated dashboard values, and more. However, this is not enough. The key is to know the condition of lighting infrastructures, to understand where maintenance efforts need to be intensified in different areas of the municipality.
Hence the importance of an updated inventory, but also to better understand the cost structure associated with that maintenance and to identify areas where actions can lead to savings in economic and energy resources.
GIS Always as Our Reference Element
Public lighting is an infrastructure that inevitably exists on the streets. This is precisely why the right tool to understand the condition of these assets is a GIS (Geographic Information System).Both updating data on a GIS and having a deeper understanding of the infrastructure through such software will lead to a more effective and efficient management of public lighting: «GIS applied to public lighting is the right tool because it allows us to know the exact location of our assets and perform other types of analysis that will improve the maintenance costs of these infrastructures,» emphasizes José Ruiviejo.
Our Commitment to Data Quality
Hence the importance of data quality control. What technology do they use as an ally? They use Open Source Geographic Information Systems (QGIS with their own developments) and 360-degree technology with computer vision. Thus, in conjunction with the use of state-of-the-art instruments, they capture geographic data in the field, which is sent to their offices in real-time for immediate processing, allowing the end client to have accurate and precise geographic data anywhere and anytime for their required use.And the numbers validate Fisotec’s experience, with more than 550 municipalities and a total of 1,850,000 light points inventoried across Spain.
