Polish energy group turns to AI to manage street lighting

Gradis, an InnoEnergy portfolio company, has signed a new agreement to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based concept for managing 700,000 lighting points of Polish energy group Tauron.

The agreement with Gradis is a significant step towards modernising the lighting infrastructure in Poland.

AI-based street lighting management

The Kraków-based company has developed software for designing, automatic management and control of street lighting systems. The approach has already been implemented in metropolises such as Kraków, Wrocław and Tbilisi, as well as in many smaller urban areas and municipalities across Poland.

Based on the agreement, Gradis will conduct a business analysis of the current operation of the system which consists of, among others, more than 700,00 million light points. The mapping process will allow for the construction of a new IT architecture, with AI models, which will provide a framework for efficient and effective management of Tauron’s lighting assets.

“Why we are excited to co-create the concept of an advanced IT system that will combine and optimise many processes. This will result in investment savings and the reduction of energy consumption by up to 80 per cent”

The system needs to integrate a range of processes and systems, which is why it is crucial to create a precise concept that will take into account the correlations between all elements.

Gradis has experience in building such multi-level structures of dependencies thanks to its system based on graph grammars and self-learning mechanisms. The conversion engine created by Gradis has also been applied in the lighting industry.