Managed Street Lighting Networks

Dramatically lower energy use and emissions with LonWorks technology.

Streetlights are among a city’s most important — and expensive — assets, accounting for almost 40 percent of its electricity bill. A managed street lighting network based on Echelon’s technology offers cities an innovative way to control costs. It lowers energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, beautifies neighborhoods, improves safety, and offers many other benefits, all from a single, networked infrastructure.

How It Works

A LonWorks based street lighting system replaces older, inefficient mechanical ballasts in a city’s streetlights with electronic ballasts. These ballasts communicate over existing power lines using Echelon’s power line signaling technology. Echelon’s i.LON SmartServers act as segment controllers, monitoring and controlling the streetlights. The servers:

Record lamp status, energy use, and running hours,
Collect data from traffic and weather sensors, and
Calculate the availability of natural light.

Using this data, the servers automatically dim some or all of the lamps. Software remotely controls the lamps, analyzes their behavior, monitors and identifies lamp failures, and measures and displays energy use.

Benefits of Power Line Technology

Add control to your street lighting network by using Echelon’s power line technology. Our technology lets you leverage your existing power lines, which saves time and lowers material and installation costs. It's a reliable and cost-effective solution that can be easily extended as your network grows.

Benefits of Street Lighting Networks

Along with lowering energy use, light pollution, and carbon dioxide emissions, managed street lighting networks:

Prolong lamp life
Lower maintenance and inventory costs
Improve lighting quality
Improve street appearance
Improve driver and pedestrian safety

Case Studies

Learn how cities are benefiting from managed street lighting systems:

Milton Keynes (U.K.) Cuts Energy Use by 40% with LonWorks Enabled Street Lighting System
Oslo Street Lighting System Slashes Energy Use by 62% with LonWorks Technology

White Paper

A new white paper, sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Ford Fellowship in Regionalism and Sustainable Development, examines the benefits of a managed street lighting system using Echelon technology, and its potential to reduce electricity use in the greater Washington D.C. area. Download the white paper.

Lighten Your Energy Bill

Get your streetlights under control — and start saving energy and money. Contact Echelon sales.