gridComm launches intelligent, cloud-based street lighting solution

SINGAPORE: Cities around the globe spend as much as 40 percent of their energy budgets on street lighting. Lighting accounts for almost 6 percent of global CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. What if there was a way to both cut costs and drive down emissions?

Enter gridComm, a provider of power line communications (PLC) solutions that enable the transformation of the power grid into a smart grid. Today, gridComm announced the launch of its Intelligent Street Lighting Solution.

Field-proven for robustness and reliability, gridComm's Intelligent Street Lighting Solution serves as the cornerstone in the building of a 'Smart City' with a reduced carbon footprint. Based on the company's GC2200, a next generation OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) PLC transceiver, gridComm's Intelligent Street Lighting Solution transforms street lighting into energy-aware, remotely managed and monitored networks.