Liveable Cities

LIVEABLE CITIES
Liveable Cities is a division of LED Roadway Lighting Ltd., a Canadian-owned and operated clean technology company. Founded in 2007, we are headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with our primary manufacturing facility in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Our smart street lighting products are used worldwide in over 60 countries. Liveable Cities provides a full solution for smart cities, including LED streetlights, network technology, smart sensors and software.

LED STREETLIGHTS
We believe that LED streetlights should be designed with the future in mind, ready to adapt to advances in LED, network and smart city technology. The modular designs of our products make them easy to update with technological improvements or to add smart city features to them. Designed in Canada, our LED street lighting luminaires are well-known throughout the world for their long life, low maintenance costs and ability to withstand tough environments.

SMART CITY NETWORKS
Liveable Cities network solutions connect streetlights to their owners and to the smart city. Wireless network control provides a range of benefits, including dimming, automatic failure alerts and asset management. The location of LED streetlights, using their position above the street, constant power and wireless digital networks, creates a unique opportunity to deploy smart sensors, connected throughout the city. We can provide a standalone lighting and sensor network, or it can provide products that are compatible with major global smart grid network providers.

DATA ACQUISITION PLATFORM (DAP)
The Data Acquisition Platform (DAP) is an innovative technology that can launch a smart city based on the LED streetlights. DAP network controllers are “smart ready” and are ready to connect, without using tools, to modular smart city sensors, such as motion sensors, environmental sensors, audio sensors, emergency lights and other solutions. The Liveable Cities motion sensing solution
can provide presence-based lighting, traffic counting, traffic flow analysis and speed mapping.

SOFTWARE
Our SmartLinx Smart City Platform provides users with a tool to manage their smart city applications. The software is user-friendly and highly configurable, providing intuitive control of a powerful solution. SmartLinx is used to manage inventories of streetlights, sensors,
cameras and other smart city end points. 

LED Streetlight + Data Acquisition Platform (DAP)

Streetlight Intelligence (SLiQ) is the jump-start to your smart city. SLiQ is a new state of the art LED luminaire, integrating high-end lighting capabilities with the latest adaptive lighting controls and sensing capabilities in one system. SLiQ provides out of the box 
performance in four configurations to match every project’s needs: Basic (B), Controls (C), Toolless Sensor Connector (T), and Data (D) series.

SLiQ provides a wide variety of light distributions. The 20+ optical distributions available ensure optimal coverage of light and visibility on the road. SLiQ is also designed with flat glass to reduce light depreciation from dust and grime build up. SLiQ’s unique integrated controls increases reliability and has a lower optimized cost. External electrical and mechanical connectors are eliminated with integrated controls. The part count is reduced and also the amount of failure points. All connections are sealed in a single IP-66 chamber. Environmental exposure from traditional top mounted controllers is no longer an issue.

Choosing SLiQ avoids the pitfalls of many controls projects, which suffer from incorrect data capture in the field by contractors. With controls and luminaire contained in one unit SLiQ’s installation is a painless, plug and play design. Luminaire data is also programmed into the controller at the time of manufacture. 

SLiQ is ideal for roadway/street lighting, parking areas, bridges, and general outdoor area lighting applications where networked controls and advanced sensors are deployed. 

German engineered Technical Resin developed by Bayer MaterialScience.
• Glass fiber reinforced material specifically designed to combat UV.
• Adds stiffness and strength by bonding glass fibers to resin (similar to use of fiberglass in boats).
• No paint loss over time (e.g. peeling, bubbling potential in painted surfaces).
• 130°C / 266°F ambient tested
• UL-F1 UV Rated for outdoor use
• IK 10 Tested
• Radio frequency (RF) friendly

Presence Based Lighting

Presence based detectors are placed on every street light, utilizing our Data Acquisition Platform (DAP). Lighting is operated at lower output (e.g. 30% output), and when presence of a person or vehicle is detected, the lighting at the detecting light, as well as its neighbors within broadcast range of the radio, is raised to the target level of output (i.e. 100%). Lighting always at approved light levels. With motion sensors on every light, and communication range of 7 – 12 poles in each direction, there are a plethora of detection redundancies built into the system to ensure vehicles and pedestrians are operating under safe lighting conditions.

BENEFITS TO CONSUMER
Energy Savings: Presence based lighting can save customers an additional 40-60% in energy savings. The on board energy measurement system is revenue grade and complies with ANSI C136.50. Asset Life Extension: LED and LED driver life are greatly impacted by temperature during operation of the device. Operating the system in a pre-motion state allows the LEDs and drivers to operate cooler, thereby extending the life of the asset. No Compromise: Have levels always at their designed light levels to reduce risks.

SmartLinx Software Smart City Platform provides users with a tool to manage their smart city applications. The software is user-friendly and highly configurable, providing intuitive control. SmartLinx is used to manage inventories of streetlights, sensors, cameras and other smart city end points and is compatible with a variety of supported browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari.  Each user for the system will be provided with a personalized login, which will have access levels associated with it.  Should you encounter a function that is being demonstrated, that is not available in your view, please see your system administrator to verify your permissions. If you are having trouble entering your password, please select “Forgot Your Password” at the bottom of the screen and provide the email you were registered with.