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The intelligent street lighting market has been undergoing significant growth, driven by increasing demand for energy-efficient, sustainable, and smart city solutions. As of 2020, the global market saw around 16.2 million intelligent lighting units, with projections indicating an expansion to 48.8 million units by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 24.8%. In France, the sector accounted for a significant portion of local authority energy consumption and expenditure. With over 41% of electricity and 16% of energy consumption going to street lighting in 2022, and a notable 37% of the electricity bill associated with it, the potential for growth in intelligent street lighting solutions was evident. France's market was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a net loss of 7.3 billion euros in local finances against 2019, but it resulted in a 15% drop in electricity consumption during shutdown periods.
The market saw trends such as increased adoption of LEDs and off-peak hours lighting reductions. Prioritizing energy reduction and sustainability, France aimed to cut energy consumption by 20% by 2030 and increase the renewable energy share to 32%. By 2021, 35% of the country's urban lighting was over 25 years old, emphasizing the need for modernization towards smart, connected systems that could help leverage energy savings upwards of 50% to 75%, according to EDF projections. The market dynamics were further affected by urbanization, with 81.2% of the French in urban areas by 2021 and a complex value chain including an array of players from traditional suppliers to innovative start-ups entering the smart lighting space.
Navigating the French Intelligent Street Lighting Landscape: Trends and Market Dynamics
In France, the intelligent street lighting market is navigating a path through evolving demands and a complex array of stakeholders and requirements. As cities increasingly transform into smart, sustainable spaces, local authorities, construction service providers, lighting equipment suppliers, and energy suppliers are the central players shaping the market landscape. French local authorities spent a significant portion of their budgets on street lighting, with network maintenance dominating expenditures, followed by installation renewal and energy consumption. With public lighting accounting for over 40% of local authorities' electricity consumption and a strong push towards ecological responsibility, the market is pivoting towards innovative, energy-efficient solutions like LED bulbs.
The drive for reduced energy usage resonates with France's energy transition goals to lower energy consumption by between 15% and 25% by 2030 relative to 2012 levels and boost renewable energy's share to 32% of final energy consumption. The global intelligent street lighting market is witnessing substantial growth, with the LED segment alone expected to surge from over US$8 billion in 2019 to more than US$10 billion by the mid-2020s, expanding at a CAGR of approximately 5%. Europe is positioned as a dominant force, boasting 35% of the world's installed intelligent lighting units, with France playing a significant role in this market.
Despite suffering financial setbacks due to the Covid-19 pandemic - with a net loss reported at around €7 billion - French municipalities are keen on reducing energy costs. There's a growing trend towards the adoption of LEDs and the implementation of off-peak hours' lighting strategies to alleviate financial burdens and make progress toward environmental goals.
The French intelligent street lighting market appears to be set for substantial growth, supported by the demand for renewal of the aging lighting stock. The market is expected to stabilize at nearly €1.5 billion by the early 2020s. The country's 11 million urban luminaires, a large fraction over 25 years old, represent an urgent need for modernization. LEDs, which now make up around 15% of the total stock, are considered the gateway to future intelligent lighting solutions.
French citizens' growing environmental consciousness is also driving the market. They are aware of the implications of outdated lighting on energy bills and light pollution and are largely supportive of initiatives to optimize lighting management, reduce intensity, and implement switch-off periods. Moving forward, France's rapid urbanization—where more than .
Key Players Shaping the French Intelligent Street Lighting Market
As the French market transitions towards smart, environmentally friendly, and energy-efficient public lighting, several principal entities are steering this remarkable evolution. Each player, with their distinct roles and contributions, forms the backbone of the intelligent street lighting value chain. Here's an overview of these market influencers:
- Public Decision-Makers: Steering Sustainable Urban Illumination Municipalities and local authorities stand at the forefront of public decision-making. These entities initiate the transformation of urban spaces through smart lighting projects by issuing calls for tenders. They set the stage for what the market demands, outlining specifications that align with ecological goals and smart city visions.
- SPIE: Infrastructure Pioneers in Light Implementation Services SPIE embodies the sector's innovative spirit by providing infrastructure construction and implementation services. The company steps into the market as a service provider to materialize the vision of public decision-makers. They are responsible for installing the street lighting infrastructure and ensuring these systems integrate seamlessly within the urban landscape.
- Comatelec Schreder: Luminaries of Lighting Equipment Supply Comatelec Schreder plays a pivotal role as a supplier of lighting fixtures essential for the intelligent street lighting system. Their expertise lies in developing and delivering high-quality, technologically advanced lighting equipment that contributes significantly to energy efficiency and streetlight performance.
- EDF: Powering the Streets with Sustainable Energy As a key energy supplier, Electricité de France (EDF) is fundamental in fuelling the street lighting installations with electricity. EDF's capabilities extend to ensuring that the power utilized is drawn from sustainable sources whenever possible, aligning with the national objectives of energy transition towards renewable sources.
Together, these players form a dynamic market ecosystem driven by innovation, ecological responsibility, and technological advancements. As intelligent street lighting systems become more prevalent in urban planning in France, the collaboration and individual contributions of these key market players create a future of brighter, smarter cities.
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1 Market overview
1.1 Definition and scope of study
The intelligent street lighting market brings together a range of players and companies whose aim is to provide lighting for roads and public spaces, whether for the comfort or safety of users, combining certain environmental and technological criteria to make the city a smart, sustainable space. Several activities are involved in this market: supply of lighting equipment, supply of energy, construction of appropriate infrastructures, networking platforms, control of technologies.
There are four types of players in this market:
- Public decision-makers who, through calls for tender, determine market demand (municipalities and local authorities).
- Infrastructure construction and implementationservice providers (e.g. Spie)
- Lightingequipment suppliers (e.g. Comatelec Schreder)
- Energy suppliers (e.g. EDF)
Today, the French street lighting market is dominated by spending on network maintenance. This is followed by expenditure on renewing installations, and then on energy consumption. The renewal of lighting systems involves converting to LED bulbs, which consume less energy and last longer. Indeed, thehe French street lighting market faces two main challenges: economic and ecological. Energy costs are becoming increasingly onerous for local authorities, and they are also facing criticism for greenhouse gas emissions and light pollution.
Many players are now focusing on renewing their existing lighting stock with increasingly innovative intelligent lighting solutions: low-energy lamps, LEDs, connected lighting, lighting plans, etc. All these initiatives are in line with the "smart cities " trend, and suggest that the French street lighting market is set to grow in value in the short to medium term.
France's energy transition objectives are to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2030 compared with 2012, and to increase the share of renewable energy in final energy consumption to 32%. According to figures published by EDF, the switch to intelligent public lighting is also expected to generate significant savings in energy costs - on the order of 50 to 75%
Local authorities have recorded a net loss in local financeswhich could have an impact on future public spending, including on street lighting. Despite this, the health crisis has done much to reinforce certain emerging trends, such as the renewal of the lighting stock in favor of LEDs and the switching off lightsduring off-peak hours.
1.2 The global market for intelligent street lighting
Worldwide, there are around *** million street lighting luminaires, **% of which are in Asia, **% in Europe and North America, and **% in South America. Global lighting density, in terms of urban population per light point, averages around **, ranging from * in European countries to over ** in Asia-Pacific[***]
Number of light points by country World, ...
1.3 The French market for intelligent street lighting: great growth potential?
In **** in France, street lighting accounted for over **% of local authorities' electricity consumption, **% of their energy consumption and **% of their electricity bill [***]. The switch to intelligent, less energy-intensive and more sustainable lighting is therefore a major challenge for local authorities. According to data collected by the AFE, street lighting in France ...
1.4 The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic
The street lighting market, including intelligent street lighting, is largely financed by local authorities. With the Covid-** health crisis, local finances have been hit hard. The government estimates that local authorities as a whole have suffered a *.* billion euro drop in tax revenues, a *.* billion euro drop in tariff resources, to ...
2 Demand analysis
2.1 Renewing France's lighting stock
The renewal of France's lighting stock represents a real ecological and economic challenge. It also represents a real opportunity for the intelligent lighting market.
Aging lighting stock
Source: ****
In ****, of the * million lighting points, **% were sodium vapor lamps, **% mercury vapor lamps and around **% other lamps (***). [***]
Despite all this, the installed base ...
2.2 Intelligent street lighting meets the multifaceted expectations of French consumers
Street lighting plays a central role in French people's daily lives. For a majority of French people, street lighting is synonymous with safety (***), conviviality and heritage enhancement.
Role of public lighting France, ****, in Source: ****
Nevertheless, in a context of energy crisis and global warming, the French are aware of the importance ...
2.3 Environmental considerations are driving growth in the intelligent street lighting market.
Reducing national energy consumption
Traditional public lighting, i.e. uniform, centralized lighting, results in excessive energy bills. In fact, it's the biggest item of expenditure for local authorities, accounting for **% of electricity bills. Although LED-type lighting still accounts for less than a quarter of all street lighting (***), it still has considerable ...
2.4 Urbanization 2.0 in France drives demand for intelligent street lighting
In ****, **.*% of the French population lived in urban areas, i.e. ** million people. Eight out of ten people live in an urban unit, and almost five out of ten in an urban unit with more than ***,*** inhabitants. The population is concentrated in the largest urban units: **% of French people live in ...
3 Market structure
3.1 A value chain that is becoming increasingly complex with the arrival of new technologies
A complex value chain
The intelligent street lighting value chain is becoming increasingly complex, with the arrival of new players in charge of new technologies and network management platforms. In addition to the existing players in the street lighting sector, there are new start-ups and companies specializing in the development and ...
3.2 Local authorities, a central player in difficulty
The départements are responsible for lighting departmental roads and, where applicable, public works, sites and buildings in their possession. In the case of sections of departmental roads running through built-up areas, the mayor of the commune is responsible for deciding on lighting arrangements[***]. Communes can manage their public lighting either ...
3.3 The different players in the intelligent street lighting market
The market for intelligent street lighting and remote management is highly competitive, with a multitude of players operating in different market segments. The graph below shows the breakdown of market shares as carried out by the firm's Berg Insight study. The main global players in **** were the giants Telensa and Signify, ...
4 Offer analysis
4.1 The smart city - at the heart of intelligent street lighting and remote management solutions
The French Data Protection Authority (***)
In this context, intelligent street lighting was initially aimed at reducing costly energy consumption. Today, new technologies are transforming street lamps and other light points into " multifunctional interactive systems " (***) that collect, aggregate and analyze data in a coherent, responsive system. Today, dimming, which consists in reducing ...
4.2 New players shake up the offering
Start-ups are distinguishing themselves in the street lighting market in two ways: by offering innovative equipment (***).
Start-up Glowee aims to replace electric street lamps with bioluminescent marine bacteria that reproduce endlessly and are biodegradable. The bioluminescence of these bacteria does not yet match the luminous intensity of an electric street lamp, ...
4.3 Switching to LEDs and remote management, the cornerstones of our offer
LEDs: a must?
LED penetration in the street lighting market Worldwide, ****, % Source: ****
In ****, the penetration rate of LEDs in France for street lighting is around **%. by comparison, Japan has reached **%, according to AD Little. And LED imports continue to rise.
LED imports France, **** - ****, in millions of US dollars Source: ****
A ...
4.4 Initiatives by major cities to renew their fleets
In France, only *% to *% of the lighting stock is renewed each year. At this rate, it would take ** years to renew the entire stock[***]. Nevertheless, the need to switch to intelligent lighting is prompting major French cities to invest in the technological renewal of part of their infrastructure.
5 Regulations
5.1 Current regulations
European regulations
The European ErP Directive of **** defined minimum energy efficiency values in three stages (***), depending on the type of lamp:
Since ****, the energy efficiency of metal halide lamps has had to reach ** to over ** lm/W, depending on wattage; In addition, at **,*** hours of operation, they must maintain at least ...
List of charts
- Worldwide street lighting market
- Number of light points by country
- The number of intelligent lighting units
- Worldwide LED penetration rate
- Breakdown of local authority spending on public lighting
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Upciti raises €7 million with sensors to manage urban life in real time - 17/11/2023
- Year Upciti was founded: 2017
- Market launch of on-board sensors: May 2022
- Potential reduction in energy costs thanks to lighting adapted to visitor numbers: up to 30%
- Annual revenue from community subscriptions: 1.5 million euros
- Revenue growth target for next year: triple current figure
- Expected workforce after recruitment: 30 employees. The company has signed several contracts in the United States, notably with the State of New York.
Lacroix City regulates traffic and lighting - 25/04/2023
- Lacroix City sales: 109 million euros.
- 400 employees at Lacroix City.
- Growth in street lighting business: 27% by 2022.
- Contract to replace 70,000 to 100,000 lights in Flanders, Belgium.
- lighting accounts for 40% of local authority energy expenditure.
- 50% to 60% savings by replacing conventional bulbs with LEDs.
- additional savings of 80% to 90% thanks to remote lighting management. Adoption of LED lighting in a third of French municipalities.
- Rate of adoption of remote lighting management: 10% to 15%
Lacroix puts its road sign manufacturing business up for sale - 01/03/2023
- A historic turning point for Lacroix, which has just put up for sale its historic manufacture of road signs created in 1930.
- The signage segment up for sale will generate sales of €55 million out of a total of €707.8 million in 2022, employ 315 people and control 25% of the French signage market
- The group has continued to diversify, notably in the electronics industry, "smart city" activities and connected objects for industry.
- The group achieved growth of 41.1% thanks to the acquisition of American electronics manufacturer Firstronics
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