The company energiedata 4.0 GmbH ED4 was founded by three shareholders in January 2015 from the existing company LEDenergie GmbH & Co. KG. The company has developed an intelligent communication module that is modularly integrated into the LED street lights.
energiedata 4.0 GmbH was founded to offer a stable WLAN infrastructure with quick internet as a contribution to Smart City for towns and municipalities as a technology supplier. Strategically and politically demanded energiedata 4.0 GmbH has developed a solution “City System 4.0” which is required by towns, municipalities and Telecom providers to supply fast Internet solutions primarily in small towns and rural areas.
The Cities/Municipalities will in the future be able to offer its citizens and guests the possibility to interact virtually among themselves, institutions and logistics. Until today there is no technological solution that is barrier-free, fast and accessible for everyone. With City System 4.0 as Last Mile bridge technology to the fibre optics, energiedata 4.0 GmbH has created a trendsetting infrastructure solution. This is reached by a highly efficient WLAN network which covers a given area by access points integrated into the street lighting with this system Internet access and other Telecommunication services, smart city solutions and local advertisement concepts can be provided.
ED4 modular City Light – the future public infrastructure
This technology is a combination with modular design of the LED street lighting with a communication module and open access software as infrastructure for a high bandwidth of additional services to realize the digitale future:
- Energy saving through LED lighting
- Smart digital control of the street lighting with management system incl. GPS location, automatic inventory and maintenance control
- area wide WLAN through mesh network as the basic infrastructure for all upcoming smart city applications by access points integrated into the street lighting (barrier-free, fast and accessible for everyone)
- smart metering & monitoring platform for the public utility provider (software updates)
- Last mile bridge technology to the fiber optics activity to supply fast Internet into small towns and rural areas
- Improved safety & security through integrated camera (traffic & parking guidance, analytics)
- Integrated sensors (optionally, parking, waste, environmental data, noise…)
- City information & events (optional LED display at the pole) – VOIP telephone
- Location for future area wide 5G infrastructure
- TV-Streaming, music services, APP store
- Regional advertisement (optional LED display at the pole)
- Traffic control and parking guidance systems (optional LED display at the pole)
- Tourist information (Augmented Reality)
- Redundant infrastructure for autonomous driving
With the redesign of the street lighting a high performant communication infrastructure will be built up. In the ownership of the public the ED4 system will generate profits from the internet business and digital services as well as offering additional applications for the Smart City future! Beides that the product will be used for security aspects (camera) and the industry (Smart Metering and control of lighting systems).
USP of the ED4 City System Light
There are some solutions on the market which are not reaching the performance of the modular system from energiedata 4.0. The most important advantages of ED4 against the competition are:
- Many integrated functions (see above)
- modular design built on existing infrastructure (stepwise investment, fast realization)
- unique location & administration for all future digital applications
- outstanding system performance
- open access software as basis for future Smart City applications
- Business model is offering participation in the data & internet business
Additional product types including the ED4 5G platform are in planning & development (the roll-out of Micro- und Pico-cell-infrastructures i.e. through the street light network will be subsidized by the German government/EU).
