ESB teams up with US firm on energy project
Energy provider ESB has teamed up with a US tech firm which is working with the city of Paris to cut its public street lighting bill by up to 30 per cent. California company Silver Spring Networks has also promised to help the Parisian authorities reduce traffic congestion through its network which connects cabinet-based controllers for street and traffic lights across the city.
Silver Spring has achieved significant success in recent years through teaming up with energy providers to deploy technologies that help cities operate more smartly. The company has just signed an agreement with ESB Telecoms to develop an Internet of Things (IoT) network across the Republic, using Silver Spring’s Starfish platform as a service standards-based mesh technology.
The platform is currently being deployed across the city of London, where it is being used to connect more than 12,000 smart street lights, across an area through which over 450,000 commuters pass through every day.
