Bloemfontein, South Africa Embarks on Smart City Initiative Powered by Echelon & MAT Co., Ltd. to Significantly Reduce Energy...
September 13 2016 - 10:03AM
Business Wire
Internet of Things Solution Provider, MAT
Integrated the First Phase of a Smart Street Lighting Project Which
Will Upgrade 18,000 Luminaires for a 30% Energy Savings
Echelon Corp., a leading independent control networking company
for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced today the
deployment of its smart streetlight system by the city of
Bloemfontein, one of South Africa's largest cities. Installed by
Echelon partner MAT Co., Ltd., a system supplier and Internet of
Things (IoT) solution provider, the solution integrates Echelon’s
SmartServer, PL Smart Transceivers and control router, with MAT’s
luminaire controllers and Smart Energy Management System for a
streetlight infrastructure that improves safety, decreases
maintenance costs and reduces energy consumption by 30%.
Bloemfontein is the seat for the Supreme Court of Appeal and is
therefore generally regarded as the judicial capital of South
Africa. The city hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches and is home
to other high-profile soccer, rugby and motor sports events. Aside
from being a major sporting venue, it’s the center for casinos,
private hospitals and educational institutions. Because of the
various walks of life of the people that live, work and visit
Bloemfontein, the city’s needs can change on a daily basis. For
example, there may be a big soccer tournament one day, or hospitals
may be busier than usual another day.
Bloemfontein city managers recognized the importance of
deploying a flexible infrastructure that would allow them to adapt
to the specific needs of the city at any given time. With many
residents and visitors relying on the city’s outdoor lighting,
Bloemfontein embarked on a smart city initiative to install 18,000
luminaires to upgrade its streetlight infrastructure over the next
three years. In the first phase completed earlier this year, 3,000
luminaries were installed. Once the installation is fully operable,
the new lighting system is projected to provide a return on
investment in as little as five years.
“Bloemfontein is home to many students, tourists, athletes and
healthcare and business professionals who require the safety and
reliability of state-of-the-art street lighting,” said Dennis Baik,
Overseas Sales Manager, MAT Co., Ltd. “One of the reasons city
officials selected our integrated solution, was so they could
efficiently troubleshoot and address lamp malfunctions before any
issues emerged. As a result, they can better protect the people
that traverse the city, and create an opportunity to attract even
more business and tourism.”
The new smart streetlight system is powered by MAT’s Luxmatic
with its Smart Energy Management System (SEMS) and Echelon’s
SmartServer. Luxmatic is a smart street lighting control system
that lets engineers easily control brightness, measure energy
consumption and monitor the status of each individual lamp in
real-time. The SmartServer is a versatile controller and router
that connects control devices to IP-based applications such as
building automation, enterprise energy management, demand response
programs, and high-value remote asset management programs.
Additional products included in the system are MAT’s CDM light,
electronic ballast and luminaire controller, as well as Echelon’s
PL 3120 chip and CRD 3000 control router.
“Innovations in technology have evolved outdoor lighting systems
from providing a basic function to a means for reducing energy
consumption, improving safety and serving as the catalyst for
adopting a range of Internet of Things applications,” said Rick
Schuett, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Echelon.
“Bloemfontein city managers will recognize the long-term benefits
of an intelligent, adaptive solution that can serve as the
foundation for a smart city on which they can continue to build for
years to come.”
Bloemfontein officials quickly recognized the smart lighting
system’s rewards, however, they also look forward to the long-term
benefits due to the system’s inherent flexibility, controllability
and high levels of efficiency that enable rapidly evolving
innovations in intelligent outdoor lighting.
About the City of Bloemfontein, South Africa
Bloemfontein is the capital city of the province of Free State
of South Africa and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of
South Africa's three national capitals. It’s one of South Africa's
largest cities. Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as
"the city of roses", owing to the abundance of these flowers and
the annual rose festival held there. Since 2011, Bloemfontein
formed part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, having been
in the Mangaung Local Municipality beforehand. The city is home to
369,568 residents.
About MAT Co., Ltd.
MAT CO., LTD., provides the most suitable and optimized sub
metering systems and lighting control systems with effective energy
saving solutions for residential and industrial-based customers.
The solution is built on its communication embedded system and
software developed during the company’s 24-year experience as an
IoT Solution Provider.
About Echelon
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a pioneer in developing
open-standard control networking platforms, delivers elements
necessary to design, install, monitor and control
industrial-strength ‘communities of devices’ within the lighting,
building automation, Internet of Things and related markets
worldwide. Echelon sells its lighting products under the Lumewave
by Echelon brand and its building automation and other IIoT-related
products as part of its IzoT® platform. With more than 100 million
Echelon-powered devices installed worldwide, Echelon helps its
customers to easily and safely migrate existing control systems to
the most modern platforms, while bringing new devices and
applications into an ever-growing global Industrial Internet.
Echelon helps its customers reduce operational costs, enhance
satisfaction and safety, grow revenues and perform better in both
established and emerging markets. More information about Echelon
can be found at www.echelon.com.
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