Estepona City Council finalizes the work to reduce electricity consumption in public lighting by 30 percent.

The Consistory is implementing a remote management system for public lighting that will improve the energy efficiency of more than 3,000 lighting points in the city.

With these works, which are being carried out in 46 command centers of the town, will stop emitting more than 60 tons of polluting gases into the atmosphere each year and will result in savings of more than 45,000 euros per year in the electricity bill of the Consistory.

Estepona City Council reports that it is finalizing the work for the implementation of a remote management system of public lighting that will reduce electricity consumption by 30 percent. The deputy mayor of the area of Services and External Control, Blas Ruzafa, explained that in this first phase of this innovative project will be able to efficiently control a total of 46 command centers in the town center, which means more than 3,000 points of light.

The municipal responsible has explained that, with this pioneering system in the city, the Consistory will be able to improve the energy efficiency of public lighting to be able to instantly regulate the lighting of the roads depending on their activity.

In addition, the new IT service will provide automatic warnings in the event of breakdowns or malfunctions, as well as an alarm system that will automatically warn of attempted theft and sabotage.

The remote management of public lighting will allow an improvement in response times in the event of a serious anomaly and a rapid reaction to circumstances that increase energy consumption. All these advantages provided by remote management will result in the municipality ceasing to emit more than 61.5 tons of polluting gases into the atmosphere each year, which will also reduce the current carbon footprint.

This reduction in energy consumption will also have a favorable impact on the municipal coffers, since it is estimated that each year there will be a saving of over 45,000 euros in the electricity bill.

Blas Ruzafa, explained that the new remote management system has had a budget of 254,147.19 euros (VAT included), financed by the European Regional Development Fund Feder of the European Union through the EDUSI ‘Estepona, Garden of the Costa del Sol’.

Also, the mayor has advanced that in the coming months the City Council of Estepona will carry out a second phase to expand to new control points this remote management system of public lighting.