Evaluation and designing street lighting with solar cell: A case study

Abstract

High operating costs, lux incompatible, and inefficient become a great problem in the street lighting of campus area that generated by fossil energy. In a case study at Sebelas Maret University, it is possible to shift the street lighting that generated from fossel to Solar Cell. This article aims to evaluate and design Street Lighting with Solar Cell. An evaluation framework was developed to evaluate the performance of current condition related to lux, distance, pole, and the amount of lamp power. We design the alternatives of Street Lighting by using DIALux application to fullfill the technical standard of Street Lighting. The specification of street lighting, the type of installation, and the material used were studied for designing new Street Lighting. A simulation-based analysis was used to determine the specifications of new design of street lighting. The results shows that the alternative of design street lighting that generated by Solar Cell can be used to substitute the existing one with better performance and reliability aspects.