(Source: Business Wire)
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON)
announced today that it has been selected as a runner-up in the
Energycategory in this year's Wall Street Journal 2009 Technology
Innovation Awards for its LonWorks® technology, which is used
to remotely monitor and control streetlight networks in order to reduce
energy use by up to 50 percent. Hundreds of entries were considered
before the final decisions were made to award the top seven percent with
Technology Innovation Awards.
Streetlights networked with Echelon's intelligent control technology
offers cities an innovative way to control costs. It can significantly
reduce a city's energy and maintenance costs while improving light
quality, decreasing light pollution, and providing increased safety.
"Echelon's technology for smart streetlights uses a city's existing
power mains for communications between lights and any IP based network
for communicating with a city's operations center," said Ken Oshman,
Echelon's CEO and chairman. "We believe that we are unique in being able
to embed intelligence into all existing light technologies as well as
emerging technologies, using a single, networked infrastructure."
Echelon's technology has been implemented in streetlight projects around
the world, including:
In Oslo, Norway, the city's intelligent outdoor lighting system has
cut energy use by 62% with an overall return on investment expected
within five years;
The city of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom reduced energy use by 40%
and lowered light pollution and CO2 emissions;
The Ville de Québec in Québec, Canada, is saving 30% on energy use
compared to the previous system;
The cities of San Francisco, San Jose and Palo Alto, California have
recently installed pilot streetlight projects using Echelon's LonWorks
technology.
About the Solution
Remotely monitored streetlight solutions reduce energy use and
maintenance costs by using electronic dimmable ballasts embedded with
Echelon's power line signaling technology (an international
communications standard). This allows communication and control of the
streetlights over the existing power lines. Echelon's i.LON®
SmartServer acts as the segment controller, monitoring and controlling
the streetlights from anywhere over an IP connection.
