Efemu: um sistema de suporte à eficientização energética de parques de iluminação pública

Abstract

Energy efficiency represents a fundamental pillar in the current context of pursuing sustainability and reducing environmental impacts. Its importance grows as we face global challenges related to climate change and natural resource scarcity, prompting entire countries to adopt policies and investments aimed at reducing resource consumption and increasing sustainable production. This approach extends beyond national levels and is crucial at municipal levels, where limited resource availability can pose significant challenges. In these environments, efficient management of public lighting systems plays a key role in the search for sustainable solutions.However, there is a lack of tools and mechanisms to support municipal managers in energy efficiency processes. This deficit has motivated the development of EfEMu, a tool designed to optimize the management of public lighting designs. The main goal of EfEMu is to offer managers a fresh perspective on lighting systems by identifying inconsistencies and suggesting corrections. To achieve this, EfEMu integrates a variety of lighting and energy efficiency methods, such as illuminance, consumption and energy efficiency ratings, allowing for a detailed analysis of consumption and identifying areas with potential for improvement. As a way of validating the software, experimental evaluations were conducted in the municipalities of Lafaiete Coutinho, Jaborandi, and Amargosa, all located in Bahia, Brazil. During these studies, various types of inconsistencies were identified across different registered streets. Furthermore, the tool’s efficiency module made suggestions that offered significant energy consumption reductions, which allows the tool to be considered promising for municipal management.