Technical, economic and environmental evaluation of the change of the public lighting system of the citadel Costa Verde-Esmeraldas to LED technology

• Autor(a) principal: García-Tenorio , Frank Adonis
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Simisterra-Quintero , Jomar Jesús, Barre-Cedeño , Katherin Nicolle, Bautista-Sánchez, José Vivencio, Chere-Quiñónez, Byron Fernando
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Sapienza (Curitiba)
• Texto Completo: https://journals.sapienzaeditorial.com/index.php/SIJIS/article/view/538
• topic: Iluminação Pública, transformação, luminárias LED, cuidado ambiental.; Public Lighting, transformation, LED luminaires, environmental care; Alumbrado Público, transformación, luminarias LED, cuidado ambiental

The objective of this study was to carry out the technical, economic and environmental evaluation of the change of the public lighting system of the Costa Verde-Esmeraldas citadel to LED technology. The methodology was framed in the quantitative paradigm, the research was descriptive, field design and supported by a bibliographic documentary study. The study sample was made up of 10 subjects who gave their informed consent to participate in this investigation. The data collection technique was the survey and the instrument was a questionnaire type Likert scale specifically developed for this purpose. The results show: 50% consider that sometimes the public lighting of the Costa Verde-Esmeraldas citadel operates satisfactorily; 60% agree with the activation of a lighting change process in the short term; 70% think that they have the infrastructure installed to undertake the changes in Public Lighting; 80% consider LED luminaires as alternatives for the transformation of Public Lighting; 60% estimate that investments in LED luminaires are profitable in the short term; 70% considered that GAD Esmeraldas is capable of financing the change of traditional lighting for LED lights in the Costa Verde citadel and; 80% say that switching from traditional luminaires to LED lights can contribute to environmental protection. It is concluded that: the GAD of Esmeraldas, as the entity co-responsible for the supply of local public lighting, can undertake the necessary actions to change current streetlights based on traditional technology, for LED lights in the Costa Verde citadel, since it has the infrastructure and the economic means for that purpose, in accordance with the provisions of the country's regulations and as a way of responding to the agreements signed internationally on environmental care.