Silver Spring Networks and Power Over Energy,
in Partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, Sampled U.S.
Consumers to Gauge General Awareness and Knowledge of Smart City
Technology
Today at Smart Cities Week, Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE:
SSNI) and Power Over Energy unveiled the findings from their Smart
Cities Consumer Research Study, conducted with the U.S. Department
of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Advanced Grid Research. More than 500 U.S. consumers took part in
the online study.
Respondents were representative of the U.S. Census, ranging from
ages 18 to 65+ (52% female, 48% male), and from all areas of the
country including New England, Mid Atlantic, Mountain, Pacific,
South East, and various areas of the central U.S. A majority of
respondents (47%) lived in cities with populations of more than
100,000, 14% of which currently reside in major metropolitan areas
of more than one million people.
The study uncovered some surprising results, the most intriguing
of which include:
- When educated about the benefits of
smart cities, 75% of respondents think smart city technology would
have a positive impact on their lives, with only 3% stating they
believe smart city technology would have a negative impact.
- 65% of participants are interested in
living with smart city technology.
- Positive sentiment for smart cities is
highest among millennials (83%) vs. those in 65+ age group
(60%).
- 50% of participants expect smart city
technology to directly impact their daily life within the next 0 to
3 years.
- Smart street lights are the most
well-known smart city application; public safety is considered the
most important benefit of smart street lights.
- Reducing pollution and improvements to
public safety were considered the top two benefits, respectively,
of smart city technology.
“In speaking with city leaders across the globe, we have found
that understanding the needs and wants of their citizens around
smart city technology is of utmost importance. Our findings will
help bolster the efforts that cities and utilities are championing,
such as smart street lights—the most well-known smart city
application—and reducing pollution and public safety, identified as
the top two benefits of smart city technology in the study,” said
Dan Evans, Senior Director – Smart Cities and Street Lighting,
Silver Spring Networks. “Energy and city leaders in Chicago,
Florida, Copenhagen, Paris, and London have paved the way for smart
city applications through their prescient street lighting programs
connected through Silver Spring’s secure, scalable, reliable and
standards-based IoT platform.”
“What we found most interesting about the study is the younger
generation’s desire to live in smart cities,” said Marina Donovan,
Vice President of Marketing, Silver Spring Networks. “Adoption
rates of smart city technologies are quickly on the rise and the
next big wave is upon us. There is clearly a need, and opportunity,
to educate consumers of all age groups about the benefits and
positive impacts of smart city technology. Together, Silver Spring
Networks and Power Over Energy, will continue to make a concerted
effort to educate citizens globally about the benefits that smart
cities have to offer.”
In addition to unveiling its study findings, Silver Spring will
be hosting a live Tweetchat on the topic of smart cities on
Wednesday, October 4, beginning at 12:00pm ET. People are
encouraged to participate in the Tweetchat by submitting questions
and sharing commentary live by following the #SCWDC,
#SmartCitiesWeek, and #SSNIchat hashtags, as well as @mentioning
the Silver Spring @silverspringnet Twitter handle. The chat will be
moderated by Teena Maddox, Senior Writer at TechRepublic
(@teena_maddox) and will include participants from:
- Power Over Energy (@poweroverenergy):
Steve Decker
- Silver Spring Networks
(@silverspringnet): Dan Evans, Marina Donovan and VP of Product,
John Marcolini; and
- Wi-SUN Alliance: Chairman, Phil Beecher
(@WiSunAlliance)
Silver Spring is a proven leader for smart cities and IoT
globally, with smart street lighting programs with top North
American and Caribbean utilities including Baltimore Gas &
Electric, ComEd, Jamaica Public Service Company, Oklahoma Gas &
Electric, Pepco Holdings Inc., and Florida Power and Light Company
for what is believed to be the largest connected street lighting
project in the world. Silver Spring also connects critical
infrastructure devices for smart city solution in cities such as
Bristol, Copenhagen, Dubai, Glasgow, Halifax, London, Melbourne,
Mexico City, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, and Washington D.C.,
among others.
To download the study results,
visit www.ssni.com/smartcitystudy.
To download an infographic highlighting the study results,
visit www.ssni.com/smartcityinfographic.
About Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks enables the Internet of Important Things™
by reliably and securely connecting things that matter. Cities,
utilities, and companies on five continents use the company’s
cost-effective, high-performance IoT network and data platform to
operate more efficiently, get greener, and enable innovative
services that can improve the lives of millions of people. With
more than 26.7 million devices delivered, Silver Spring provides a
proven standards-based platform safeguarded with military grade
security. Silver Spring Networks’ customers include Baltimore Gas
& Electric, CitiPower & Powercor, ComEd, Consolidated
Edison, CPS Energy, Florida Power & Light, Pacific Gas &
Electric, Pepco Holdings, and Singapore Power. Silver Spring has
also deployed networks in Smart Cities including Copenhagen,
Glasgow, Paris, Providence, and Stockholm. To learn more, visit
www.ssni.com.
About Power Over Energy
Power Over Energy is a social media energy literacy initiative
backed by a coalition of business, nonprofit and government groups
who want to increase awareness about the impact of our current
energy consumption and the benefits of energy efficiency,
modernizing the electricity grid and deploying smart city
technologies. Members of the coalition include the Clean Coalition,
the Environmental Defense Fund, Global Green U.S.A., Green Ninja,
the GridWise Alliance, The Institute for Electric Innovation, the
Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Silver Spring Networks, the Smart
Grid Consumer Collaborative, Sustainable Silicon Valley, and the
U.S. Department of Energy. To learn more, visit
poweroverenergy.org.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about
Silver Spring Networks’ expectations, plans, intentions, and
strategies, including, but not limited to statements regarding the
benefits of Silver Spring’s smart city solutions, and smart city
technology generally. Statements including words such as
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” or “future” and
statements in the future tense are forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
as well as assumptions, which, if they do not fully materialize or
prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The
risks and uncertainties include those described in Silver Spring
Networks’ documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press
release are based on information available to Silver Spring
Networks as of the date hereof. Silver Spring Networks assumes no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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