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The City of Montreal is looking to gain some energy efficiency improvements from a new smart streetlighting initiative. The city has awarded a $28-million contract for the project to Energere.

This project is more than just a smart streetlighting initiative though. The technology to deployed will provide a communication network architecture enabling the gradual integration of additional smart services such as sensor-enabled snow clearing, water meter reading and water leakage detection.

The system will consist of radio modules called nodes attached to each streetlight, which will communicate with each other to form a network. Commands and data will be conveyed to the same network and transmitted to lighting management software through boxes called gateways located throughout the City region.

As a technology integrator, Energere's strategy was based on the integration of three industry-leading suppliers: DimOnOff, Current, powered by GE, and Telematics Wireless.

DimOnOff, a Quebec-owned company, specializing in lighting control systems, was selected for the integration platform and management software, as well as for the supply of 20% of the nodes and gateways. Current, powered by GE, with its smart services development centre located in Montreal will supply a total of 60% of the equipment. Finally, Telematics Wireless, a global leader in wireless network systems, will supply 20% of the nodes and gateways.