The intelligent street lighting market - France

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.