Street lighting remote management to cut bills by 40%

The authorities will use 3G mobile technology to control the lights, thanks a technology partnership signed between on-demand computing and communications company, Star, and Harvard Engineering, which supplies the LeafNut wireless street lighting system

 

The hosted service from Star means Harvard Engineering now has the capability to help customers manage and monitor important data, such as power consumption sent and received by each street light, and then communicate this back to the central system.

 

In addition, the partnership with Star has transformed Harvard’s capability to deliver the service in a flexible and cost effective way, keeping costs low and maintaining margins, while delivering maximum value to customers. 

 

“We are excited about this partnership with Star, because it releases us to concentrate on our core business,” said Martin Baum, finance director at Harvard Engineering. “We chose Star specifically because of their highly resilient and secure service and the scalability of the platform is crucial to our growth plans.  With Star’s support, we can deliver LeafNut to new customers quickly and seamlessly.”

 

Ricky Hudson, CEO at Star commented, “Given the growing considerations of energy conservation and public sector cut backs we are facing, demand for [Harvard Engineering’s] solution looks set to grow.  We are committed to supporting this growth by providing a strong platform on which to easily add and support new customers.  In this way I can see a mutually beneficial and long term partnership with benefits going all the way back to the taxpaying public.”