Lights of the City of Tashkent: the History of One Project

Abstract

This article focuses on the issue of street lighting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, discussing its development stages and current assessment. The project aimed to give the city a modern appearance while preserving its rich history. It involved the implementation of modern energy-efficient equipment and lighting technologies that meet the requirements for lighting main streets, district streets, neighbourhoods, and residential areas. The project successfully achieved an average energy savings of 60 % and improved lighting quality by utilizing LED technology. The lighting now offers a comfortable experience resembling natural white light (4000–4500) K with a colour rendering index of at least 80. Additionally, an automatic remote-control system for outdoor lighting was developed and implemented, along with appropriate control cabinets. The transition to LED lighting and automatic control systems, alloweda flexible and differentiated approach to lighting the city while maintaining high-quality lighting. In the future, this technology can be further upgraded to introduce even more energy-efficient LED chips with minimal financial and material costs.