LED streetlight control systems under tests

Saving power, saving money, saving economy, saving mankind. Comes in that order. So when the world is busy shifting focus to saving energy than whine on the money they have lost, one important aspect of the economy’s money spender comes under spotlight. The streetlights. To reduce operating costs, BetaLED company has come forth with two light control systems one of which will be implemented to help save money. One is a power line communication system and the other is a radio frequency system. The former communicates over the same wires that deliver power to each fixture to monitor and control streetlights that have specially-designed hardware and software and the latter uses a wireless mesh network to transmit information to a remote source.

Various data will be scrutinized including energy usage, operating hours and traffic patterns to see which light system needs to be dimmed when there is less activity thus saving costs. A Milwaukee based company called We Energies are helping in evaluating the data. Whichever wins, it will be implemented thence and hopefully help in saving a lot of money.
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