Evaluación energética del alumbrado público en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

Public lighting is a primary component in the economy of a country and one of the outstanding factors that have an effect on the productive and social development of the country which is why it is essential and measures should be adopted in order to have efficient and energy saving systems, that is why periodic evaluations of its performance are necessary, for both the energetic and the service fields. The following essay has as its main objective to evaluate the Planning and Energetic Management in the public lighting of Cuenca, considering as variables the consumption of energy, the potency of lights, the levels of illumination and the efficiency of lights. A national and local overview concerning the systems of illumination is performed in the First chapter. A description of the systems of illumination and its components is performed in the Second chapter. A punctual description of the different energetic and service themes of the system of illumination of Cuenca is performed in the Third chapter, using generally, data updated to December 2012, then in the Fourth chapter, on the basis of the compiled information, considering the parameters of comparison between the existent rules and the given recommendations, an evaluation is performed. Finally the conclusions and recommendations are explained in the fifth chapter.