Panorama da iluminação pública no Brasil: estudo de caso no município de Fortaleza

Abstract

The street lighting plays an essential role in the people's life, being a necessary service that enables the quality of life, providingfor the people a safe place. This work presents an analysis of street lighting in Brazil under legal, functional and technological aspects. It shows the requirements and standards for the elaboration of the lighting project. It is analyzed what has changed in the street lighting sector caused by the Normative Resolution nº414/2010from ANEEL, which transfers from the energy companies to the city hall the liability for the street lighting service, it brought many conflicts, mainly because some cities do nothave any condition to assume these costs. There is also a list of equipment and technologies used in the street lighting, and the techniques used to have a better energy efficiency. Also, a study is done on the current scenario of street lighting in Fortaleza through a survey of data and what is being planned to become the lighting service more electricity efficient.