Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This work examines the transition to a circular economic model of public lighting through a new concept thinking lighting as a service. This completely changes the way street lighting is marketed today and is expected to lead industries towards a better manufacturing approach based on high efficiency and sustainability. In this context, it is possible to address elements such as contractual guarantees on product performance, service and maintenance models, as well as incentives to encourage sustainability and reuse of products. Industrialists must be then more committed to providing more sustainable maintenance to guarantee the best possible operation throughout the life cycle of the lighting system, which will give more value to the product not only through service sales but also through the guarantee of optimal operation. In this model, the manufacturer who provides this service must also be responsible for recycling the product in its end-of-life phase like the management of non-recyclable waste, etc. To highlight the assessment of the environmental impact of this new model compared to the traditional street lighting ones, we used a life cycle assessment tool by integrating parameters on degradation, recycling, the economic model lighting as well as taking into account the energy mixes of different countries which concern the environmental impact. This study highlights the potential benefits of a transition towards circular business models in the lighting sector, while highlighting the challenges and opportunities for stakeholders in the street lighting sector.
Source: HAL
Institutions: Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie, École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Télécommunications, Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherches Appliquées en Sciences Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Monastir
Language: French
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4400638641