Flashnet
Actility, a global leader in LoRaWAN® connectivity, has partnered with Flashnet, a leading smart lighting solutions provider, to launch the inteliLIGHT® LoRaWAN Smart Street Lighting Demo Kit. This innovative solution combines Flashnet’s smart street lighting technology with Actility’s LoRaWAN networks, providing cities with a powerful tool to enhance energy efficiency, reduce operational costs, and pave the way for future smart city applications.
Transforming Urban Lighting with LoRaWAN Connectivity
The inteliLIGHT® LoRaWAN Smart Street Lighting Demo Kit is designed to revolutionize how cities manage their street lighting infrastructure. Through the seamless integration of inteliLIGHT® controllers with Actility’s LoRaWAN network, municipalities can address common challenges such as energy inefficiency, high maintenance costs, and rising carbon emissions. The solution empowers cities with real-time monitoring and control, optimizing lighting systems to significantly reduce energy consumption by up to 40%, lower maintenance costs by 42%, and extend lamp lifespan by 30%.
Comprehensive Solution for Smarter Cities
The inteliLIGHT® Demo Kit includes key components that deliver a comprehensive, scalable solution. It features inteliLIGHT® controllers for individual or segmented street lighting control, Kerlink’s Wirnet iStation v1.5 Outdoor LoRaWAN® Gateways for robust connectivity, and the Actility Network Server, which provides real-time insights through dashboards with network data and alarm management. The kit also includes inteliLIGHT® StreetLight Control software, enabling cities to monitor, manage, and optimize their street lighting with unparalleled visibility and efficiency.
Addressing Key Urban Challenges
Cities worldwide are grappling with the management of vast lighting networks that often suffer from inefficient energy usage and high operational costs. The inteliLIGHT® solution directly addresses these issues by offering real-time fault detection, smart scheduling, and 360° control over lighting systems. This allows municipalities to drastically reduce their environmental footprint while extending the longevity of their infrastructure. The scalable, TALQ-certified solution is also designed to support future upgrades, ensuring that cities can seamlessly expand their smart city infrastructure as their needs evolve.
Building a Sustainable and Future-Ready Infrastructure
In addition to providing immediate operational benefits, the inteliLIGHT® LoRaWAN Smart Street Lighting solution helps cities meet their long-term sustainability goals. By leveraging LoRaWAN’s low-power, wide-area communication capabilities, the solution delivers efficient, real-time data while minimizing energy consumption. This future-proof system supports the integration of additional smart city applications, allowing for smooth upgrades as cities enhance their urban infrastructure.
Empowering Cities with Advanced Smart Lighting
Actility and Flashnet’s partnership offers cities a comprehensive, future-ready solution for urban lighting management. The inteliLIGHT® LoRaWAN Smart Street Lighting solution optimizes energy use, improves operational efficiency, and minimizes environmental impact, all while laying the foundation for future smart city integrations. This collaboration empowers cities to enhance sustainability, reduce costs, and improve urban living through advanced lighting management technology.
With the combined expertise of Actility and Flashnet, urban areas can unlock a smarter, more sustainable future, addressing critical challenges such as high energy consumption, operational inefficiencies, and the need for scalable, future-proof technology. This partnership drives urban transformation and positions cities for long-term success in achieving their smart city objectives.
Alexandru Buzatu
CCO, Flashnet
Olivier Hersent
CEO, Actility
Belgium's roadways and highways are set for a transformative upgrade as Flashnet, in collaboration with Itron, Lightwell and Fluvius, embarks on a groundbreaking project to modernize around 400,000 streetlight controllers across the nation. This initiative not only advances energy efficiency but also paves the way for a smarter, safer future in Belgium's urban landscape.
This initiative follows closely on the heels of Flashnet's successful project with Sibelga in Brussels, where inteliLIGHT was selected as one of the key solutions for modernizing the city's street lighting infrastructure. Recognized for its high degree of interoperability, hardware and software, inteliLIGHT's TALQ2-certified controllers demonstrated their ability to seamlessly integrate with Sibelga's existing management platforms, ensuring vendor flexibility and smooth connectivity.
For this new project, Flashnet has teamed up with Itron, a global leader in energy, water, smart city, and IoT infrastructure services. Central to the success of this deployment is the NB-IoT communication technology, which provides autonomous lighting control and enables the seamless integration of other advanced urban technological solutions.
The use of Zhaga NB-IoT compatible luminaire controllers ensures a swift and cost-effective deployment process. These controllers are designed for easy and secure installation on any compatible lamp, allowing for rapid implementation across the country. Managed by Itron's smart city platform, the controllers benefit from integration via the industry-standard TALQ Smart City Protocol, underscoring Flashnet's dedication to interoperability and seamless third-party integration.
As the deployment phase progresses, this initiative is expected to yield tangible results in energy savings, reduced maintenance costs, and improved urban safety. Flashnet's involvement in this ambitious project not only strengthens its position as a top smart street lighting provider but also reinforces its commitment to creating smarter, more sustainable cities worldwide.
