New Zealand City of Dunedin Selects Telensa to Deliver Smart Street Lighting for 15,000 LEDs
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CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telensa, the leading provider of connected lighting and smart city data applications, has announced that its smart streetlight system has been selected by Dunedin City Council (DCC) as part of a contract with Broadspectrum to upgrade Dunedin’s streetlighting network. Will Gibson, founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Telensa, said; “Cities across New Zealand are increasingly adopting wireless control systems for their streetlights – reaping significant environmental, cost and maintenance benefits as well as providing a platform for future smart city applications. We’re excited to be working with Telensa and Broadspectrum to make our streetlights smart and to create a platform to deliver smarter, more joined-up services to our residents in the future.” Domenic De Fazio, Chief Executive Urban Infrastructure at Broadspectrum, said; “With more than 1.7 million lights already connected, we are confident that working with Telensa will help us to achieve world-class lighting for the city of Dunedin.” This project is 85 percent funded by the New Zealand Transport Agency and work is expected to take 18-24 months. Policy changes in 2015, means local authorities can replace existing road lights with LED and controls immediately, rather than wait until they reach the end of their useful life. Building on the compelling business case for its smart street lighting, the company provides cities and utilities with an open, low-cost platform to add multiple sensor applications.