Delta's Building Automation Solution for smart life - Taichung Central Park

Sprawling across 67.34 hectares, Taichung Central Park has a diverse landscape that serves as a habitat for various wild animals; it is, in fact, the most significant urban oasis in Taichung. However, as the park covers an expansive area, the project placed a strong focus on how to save manpower, enhance maintenance/operational efficiency, and refine the safety alarm system.

Since Taichung Central Park is an urban park located in a densely developed area, it is important to maintain park ecosystems, autonomy in management and sustainable operations. This provides a space that exemplifies environmental sustainability and coexistence with nature for the local residents.

Smart street lighting solutions enable a safe and smart urban space

Delta’s Building Automation team came up with a smart street lighting solution for the Taichung Central Park. By combining energy-saving lighting, IoT devices, and ICT, Delta offered innovative and value-added services other than street lighting, including EV charging stations, mini weather stations, integration with traffic signals, and real-time roadside billboards. By doing so, Delta attempted to energize smart city development and make street lights important nodes for gathering big data in the city. This design not only introduces a more convenient and safer lifestyle to urban dwellers, but also allows the government to set up other systems, such as water level monitoring, safety protection, and environmental sensor systems. Furthermore, the integration of smart city management platforms makes it possible to actualize the goal of a smart city and creates a more human-oriented urban living space.

Smart Park for A Great Life-Taichung Central Park

Smart park design wins 2019 Cloud Computing & IoT Innovation Award

The project, “Smart Park for A Great Life--Taichung Central Park,” won the 2019 Cloud Computing & IoT Innovation Award, as it planned to provide the Taichung Central Park with energy-saving lighting, as well as value-added services including automatic lighting brightness adjustment, safety protection, and emergency rescue. The Delta Smart Street Lighting Solutions are geared to help Taichung City save manpower, enhance maintenance/operational efficiency, and improve the park’s quality and safety for visitors.

Smart street lighting — automatic lighting brightness adjustment:
After processing the traffic data and the data acquired from light sensors and mini air pollution sensors, the brightness of these smart streetlights can be automatically adjusted. For example, when there is a high level of PM2.5, the streetlights become brighter; when the sky is still bright, the brightness is reduced, or the lights will only be switched on later. These adjustments enhance road safety and save electricity. In the meantime, to avoid affecting the animals, the brightness is adjusted based on the day/night cycle, providing animals and plants with more natural environmental rhythms.

Surveillance cameras with alarms
Web cameras are used to monitor controlled areas with limited access for cars and humans. Alarms go off when detecting unauthorized cars entering/exiting the park or people undertaking suspicious activities. For example, the cameras can not only distinguish unauthorized cars from cars belonging to maintenance contractors, but can also identify abnormalities such as large objects being transported in or out by car. The cameras can automatically capture images of license plates and instantly notify the control center, while putting out a warning sound alert.

Emergency alarm and call to police:
When someone press the emergency button, the system automatically sets off an alarm. Meanwhile, the staff in the control center assess the real-time image of the site and use the instant broadcasting system to call the police and attempt a rescue. Furthermore, A panoramic camera marks the time and location of the incident for the control center to replay afterwards.

Delta’s Building Automation team proactively designed the smart infrastructure of the Shuinan Economic and Trade Park and constructed a smart street lighting system across Taichung. With this construction project, Delta managed to lay a foundation for a smart city and provided innovative, value-added services apart from street lighting. Completed in February 2020, the Taichung Central Park project received unanimous approval from the judges. The judges pointed out that since most of the entries were of a very high standard, the winners were undoubtedly the best of the best.

By combining energy-saving lighting, IoT devices, and ICT, Delta’s Smart Street Lighting Solution offers innovative and value-added services in addition to street lighting