Australia trials LoRaWAN smart lighting in bid to save turtle hatchlings
The wellbeing of turtle hatchlings appears to have swung the case for smart lighting along the coast in Queensland, in Australia. A short strip of street lighting in the Shire of …
Landis+Gyr completes advanced metering project in Central America
Swiss firm Landis+Gyr said it has recently expanded smart grid capabilities in Central America with the completion of an advanced metering project for Empresa Eléctrica De Guatemala S.A. (EEGSA), …
Pennsylvania state capital hangs smart city sensors off its lighting network
UK smart-city firm Telensa has struck a deal with the city of Harrisburg, the state capital of Pennsylvania in the US, to trial traffic analytics, air quality monitoring, and smart …
Street-lighting to drive $15bn energy savings; Siemens tops smart-city review
Juniper Research claims street lighting upgrades will deliver $15 billion in cumulative energy savings for cities in the period to 2023. These savings will be achieved both by converting lamps …
Cities should focus first on what works, says Itron, as it kicks off smart-city challenge
Cities should focus on what works, and hurry up, if they are to bring intelligence to their operations, Liberty Lake IoT provider Itron told Enterprise IoT Insights. The company has …
The hard ROI of smart street-lighting – seven ways for cities to make their money back
Only one smart city use case stands up to close scrutiny: smart street lighting. The business case for parking and garbage, the other functions in the holy trinity of smart …
The biggest smart street-lighting deployments – a rough guide
Note, this article was updated on December 6, 2018; to see the updated version, click here. News that the City of Chicago has already upgraded over 76,000 street lights to …
