Special Reports

Swedavia saves energy with Infracontrol Online

For the past year, Swedavia has been conducting what it calls the energy project, whose purpose is to cut in half carbon dioxide emissions and to reduce the use of energy by one third by 2010 compared to 2005. Using smart control of lighting and engine heaters, it will now be possible to save a…

A better overview in Göteborg 

Göteborgs Trafiklednings– och informationsenhet (TLI) is the municipal traffic control unit that guides bus and tram traffic in Göteborg. This is the heart of operations, whose task is to ensure that all passengers have access to secure, safe and well-functioning public transportation around the clock. Infracontrol simplifies everyday life for traffic controllers by gathering important…

Trafikverket saves energy with smart lighting control

Infracontrol Online has delivered smart lighting control for the Swedish Transport Administration Western Region. It enables the reduction of energy consumption while simplifying operations and maintenance work. Infracontrol Online allows customers to continue being brand independent with full freedom to purchase and connect different types of control units to suit their varying requirements. – Infracontrol…

Unique collaborative project tames the Mölndal River

The Mölndal River, which flows through Härryda, Mölndal and Gothenburg on its way toward the Göta River, doesn’t always stay within its banks. The SCCA, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, together with the municipalities affected, has taken the initiative to a new control and monitoring system and a joint operations organization to help secure the…

Gothenburg Tramways Control System future-proofed

The monitoring system for Gothenburg Tramways has now entered its fifteenth year of uninterrupted operations. The system is in use around the clock by traffic managers at TLI, Gothenburg Tramways’ traffic management and information unit, to remotely monitor switches and signals. The hardware is now being upgraded to safeguard the supply of spare parts. –…

Safe lockage with new control system

Last year work began on connecting locks and movable bridges along the Trollhätte Canal to a new control and monitoring system in the then newly opened canal centre. This autumn the last of the six locks and three movable bridges will become part of the system. The old control pulpits with push-buttons and lamps were…

Modernizing Landvetter Lake’s level management

Work on safeguarding the course of the Mölndal River continues. Now Landvetter Lake’s level management equipment at the Mölnlycke Factories is also being modernized. Wallenstam Naturenergi has engaged Infracontrol to equip the historic dam with a new control and monitoring system. The work is in conjunction with a project being carried out together with the…

Infracontrol pilots passengers

It is exactly 10 years since Infracontrol’s Passenger Guidance System (PGS) went into operation at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Around the clock ever since, the system has made sure international passengers follow the right route through Terminal 5. PGS is a unique solution that enables the use of a single terminal for passengers from both inside…

Intelligent infrastructure protects the environment

On December 1, the new Partihall link will open in Gothenburg. A fixed bridge link such as this does not look as though it contains a great deal of technical equipment that will require control and monitoring, but it has an advanced installation for taking care of surface water before it’s released. In the event…