Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design smart street lighting with PIR sensors and a mesh network for a city district. Project energy savings and earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
Freiburg is a mid-sized German city known for sustainability. The downtown district has 200 streetlights on 10 blocks, currently on a fixed schedule.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design an IoT-based adaptive street lighting system to reduce energy consumption and improve safety in a city district.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Understand IoT network topologies (star, mesh) and their trade-offs
- Select and integrate sensors for environmental monitoring
- Design a simple control algorithm for adaptive systems
- Calculate energy savings from IoT-based optimization
- Consider privacy and regulatory constraints in IoT deployments
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Iot Architecture
Apply iot architecture to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Sensor Integration
Apply sensor integration to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Mesh Networks
Apply mesh networks to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Energy Efficiency
Apply energy efficiency to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Control Algorithms
Apply control algorithms to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: