Application of Post Occupancy Evaluation method on urban lighting design on case studies

Lighting system plays a key role in smart cities. Many new technologies were introduced in the last few years that can be very advantageous in terms of comfort and energy savings. Since retrofit actions can have a significant impact on urban life and users' behaviour, the evaluation of the citizens can be important to develop the design. In this paper., the application of a methodology of street lighting design based on a users' preferences (utilizing a survey) applied in three cases study in Italy is presented. The case studies are characterized by different users in terms of behaviour and ages: Santa Ninfa (TP)., the Campus of University of Palermo., and Passi district (PI). It was found that this approach can be useful to improve the performance of lighting systems by considering the opinions of the citizens.