Sensus Launches VantagePoint Lighting Control Solution for Public Service Providers
January 29 2015 - 9:05AM
Business Wire
Customers can reduce operating costs, enhance customer service,
conserve energy and improve public safety
(Click-to-Tweet) – Sensus VantagePoint™, the latest
advancement in intelligent lighting control, enables public service
providers—including cities, municipalities and utilities—to
remotely monitor and control street and area lights. VantagePoint
includes a lighting control module and lighting control software
that leverage the Sensus FlexNet™ communication network.
“The Sensus VantagePoint module includes a radio transceiver and
meets American National Standards Institute (ANSI) metrology
requirements for residential metering accuracy, allowing reporting
of actual energy consumption for each streetlight,” said Charlie
Nobles, Sensus director of lighting marketing.
The module fits into all National Electrical Manufacturers
Association (NEMA) standardized socket fixtures. Since the module
supports legacy and LED lights, customers can convert to newer,
more energy efficient lighting at their own pace. The module’s
self-discovery feature identifies the type of light and adjusts to
accommodate its capabilities, such as dimming or flashing.
Data is carried over the FlexNet communication system, a
long-range radio network that serves as a dedicated and secure
two-way communications highway and requires less infrastructure
than competing solutions. Advanced Encryption Standard 256—the gold
standard for protecting data—is built into the control module and
the FlexNet communication network to provide security far superior
to mesh networks.
There are four main benefits of VantagePoint:
- Reduce Operating Costs: Public
service providers that once had to deploy crews to find and replace
burned out or malfunctioning light fixtures can now view their
entire system remotely and proactively dispatch a crew to address
maintenance issues.
- Enhance Customer Service:
VantagePoint enables public service providers to proactively
identify issues and correct them before a customer calls to report
an outage or file a complaint.
- Conserve Energy: Streetlights no
longer need to be turned on as soon as the sun goes down, but
rather, customers can customize them according to their specific
needs. For example, a college campus may brighten certain lights
when evening classes end rather than keeping them at the same level
throughout the night.
- Improve Public Safety: Police
officers alerted to suspicious activity can easily flash or
brighten streetlights in a specific area to deter criminal
behavior—right from a laptop in their patrol cars. Streetlights can
be grouped to create safety zones with prescribed lighting profiles
to reduce nighttime crime and increase retail traffic.
Public service providers can also take advantage of Sensus’
services portfolio to manage the solution and leverage the most
up-to-date software.
“The VantagePoint solution is a robust platform for cities,
municipalities and utilities looking to build a smart public
services infrastructure,” said Nobles.
Editor's Note: The accompanying infographic depicts the
elements of the Sensus VantagePoint solution.
About Sensus
Sensus helps a wide range of public service providers—from
utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses—do more
with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their
communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the
application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver
efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate
and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing
and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn
more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn
and Twitter.
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SensusLinda PalmerDirector, Corporate
Communications919-845-4021 or 919-259-5778
(cell)Linda.palmer@sensus.comorLargemouth
CommunicationsHeidi DejaDirector, Strategic
Accounts919-459-6461heidi@largemouthpr.com