Filenews 9 January 2022
The installation of smart pylons in the city of Paphos began on Saturday with the installation of the first of the 56 pillars. The Mayor of Paphos, Phaedonas Phaedonos, in a relevant post on Social Media, said that "the first of the 56 smart pillars has been placed today in our city", noting that the project will contribute to the radical upgrading of the city's lighting and will change the night image of Paphos.
He also mentions that the Municipality of Paphos will save an annual half a million euros from the replacement of conventional street lighting lamps with LED type lamps, while he says that the Municipality places smart lighting in the municipal boundaries and 56 smart pylons in central parts of the city.
"We are entering the smart technological era at a fast pace. Like with a screen for updates, ads, etc., wifi, cameras, environmental sensors, smart lighting, electric car charging and more," he adds. On this point, he continues, the relevant contracts have been signed between the Municipality of Paphos and the EAC at the Paphos Municipal Hall, with Mr. Phaedonos noting that the investment exceeds 3 million euros.
In the next period and within a year, seven thousand luminaires will be replaced in the municipal boundaries of Paphos with low-consumption luminaires, which will be managed by special software, based on which, depending on the time, the light intensity will fluctuate.
With smart management and LED-type luminaires, the local authority will save close to half a million annually, noted Mr. Phaedonos. In this contract, continued the Mayor of Paphos, has been included the installation of 56 smart pillars in which cameras will be placed, screens on which will be made announcements about environmental elements of the city, available parking spaces and everything else.
Paphos is moving into practice in the era of digitalization and the smart city, noting that in order to be officially certified as a smart city it will have to execute 28 programs, Phaedon Phaedonos said.
Already, he said, six of them have been executed and there are still 22 remaining that will have to be completed in the next two years. The contract was signed by the Mayor of Paphos with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EAC Michalis Komodromos. Mr. Komodromos noted that for the first time a Municipality of Cyprus is attempting to install smart city infrastructure, stressing that it is a challenge for EAC.
CNA
