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BRASOV, Romania, July 11, 2022, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

The smart city transformation of Washington, D.C. will be powered by 75,000

inteliLIGHT® streetlight controllers. The $309 million project will reduce

energy use by more than 50%, improve equity of service, and extend Wi-Fi

coverage in underserved neighborhoods.

Today, the District of Columbia's maintenance services department relies on its

citizens to contact them to identify streetlight malfunctions. This is because

the current urban lighting in Washington is based on older, high

energy-consuming sodium lamps and remote monitoring and control was not yet

available. That is about to change.

The District's vision for a smarter, safer and more energy efficient city has

brought intelligent urban lighting to the attention of the City Council, which

recently approved a project to convert all the city's street lights to

energy-efficient LED technology with remote monitoring and control

capabilities. The project plans to reduce the energy consumption by more than

50%, optimizing maintenance operations and enabling safer, more connected

communities.

Part of the implementation consortium, ENGIE North America is the design and

construction contractor and EQUANS participates as the lighting service

provider for the next 15 years, with Flashnet as a smart lighting solution

provider: hardware, communications and software.

The new LED streetlights in D.C. will use inteliLIGHT® smart street lighting

NEMA controllers to provide individual lamp control and monitoring

capabilities, city-wide grid awareness and real-time malfunction alerts. The

project will use inteliLIGHT's Streetlight Control Software to manage the

lighting, while using API connectivity to integrate with the existing

maintenance and workforce management software.

Another essential part of the project, communication security is of paramount

importance for the US capital. The implementation team decided to use

pre-existing carrier-grade NB-IoT / LTE-M connectivity, with multi-operator

cellular fallback to ensure redundancy and 15 years pre-paid connectivity, to

avoid adding up to the operational fees.

The lighting grid will be powered even during the day, extending the lighting

pole functionality: Wi-Fi routers can be mounted and powered directly from the

grid, a fast and non-expensive way to extend smart city applications throughout

the city.

"The benefits of inteliLIGHT connected street lighting extend beyond

illumination, and we are proud to demonstrate our capabilities in Washington,

D.C. This is an important breakthrough for Flashnet in North America, laying

the ground for citywide connected infrastructure and improving the lives of

generations to come." concluded Lorand Mozes, CEO Flashnet.

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SOURCE: Flashnet SRL