Echelon and APANET Green System Join Forces to Install 7,200 Open System-Based Networked LED Streetlights in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a leading independent control networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and its European partner, Polish-based APANET Green System, a leading application design and sales company of power consumption reduction systems, were awarded a comprehensive smart lighting and energy reduction project for the city streetlights of Bydgoszcz, Poland.

The eco-friendly retrofit will outfit 7,200 streetlights spread across approximately 400 streets utilizing a sophisticated multivendor networked lighting control solution. The project will utilize the Apanet Smart Lighting Controllers, powered by Echelon communications, and the Lumewave by Echelon smart server solution to deliver unrealized value for lighting installation including enhancing safety, reducing maintenance and energy costs as well as improving asset utilization. ENERGA Oswietlenie Ltd., also based in Poland, is managing the system installation to be completed by the end of August 2015.

In addition to the city’s 40 percent energy cost savings goal, Bydgoszcz expects its street lighting project will reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, as well as meet the EU’s ISO/IEC 13201 road lighting performance standard.

"The Bydgoszcz lighting project is a significant city improvement installation for Eastern European,” said Andrzej Lis, CEO of APANET Green System, who is part of the multivendor team. "It will vividly demonstrate how LED lighting, in conjunction with the right lighting control technology, can create more efficient, safe and eco-friendly street lighting at the citywide level.”

The smart lighting solution continually survey traffic and weather conditions and responds to any changes immediately. Lighting failures can be pinpointed and even anticipated by the system; therefore maintenance efficiency and responsiveness can be significantly improved. The entire solution incorporates the open communication network standard LonTalk protocol, developed by Echelon, which allows LonWorks devices smooth interoperability among different manufacturer’s products.

"Cities all over the world are feeling the pressure to save energy, money and maintenance time, all the while improving citizen safety,” said Ron Sege, CEO and chairman, Echelon Corp. "As with other city projects utilizing Echelon solutions around the world, we expect the Bydgoszcz project will demonstrate that networked lighting controls and LED retrofits together can meet all these objectives quickly, easily and cost-effectively.”

Bydgoszcz, a city that mirrors the population of Atlanta, GA, selected Apanet Green System GLC142 ballast controller powered by Echelon’s powerline networking technology; StreetLight.Vision control system; and LED luminaries.

Lumewave by Echelon

Lumewave by Echelon enables control and monitoring of each individual light fixture to ensure optimal illumination at the right place and right time. Lumewave by Echelon is a lighting control platform designed to provide industrial and commercial settings—e.g., roadways, cities and municipalities, office buildings, university and corporate campuses, parking areas, stadiums, etc.—with end-to-end lighting control that delivers the utmost in flexibility. Echelon’s lighting control platform offers options to connect virtually any fixture, any place, wired or wireless, around the world. In total, Echelon has nearly two million lights under control on more than 15,000 segments worldwide.

About Apanet

APANET Green System Ltd. was established in 2010 after separating from its mother company APANET, specializing in design, automation, and control systems. The new company focuses on smart systems for power consumption reduction and electricity usage rationalization. The company develops systems helping to implement "SmartGrid” and "SmartCity” concepts. http://en.greensys.pl/news/sowa-in-bydgoszcz-with-apanet/

About Echelon Corporation

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), a pioneer in developing open-standard control networking platforms, delivers elements necessary to design, install, monitor and control industrial-strength ‘communities of devices’ within the lighting, building automation, Internet of Things and related markets worldwide. Echelon sells its lighting products under the Lumewave by Echelon brand and its building automation and other IIoT-related products as part of its IzoT platform. With more than 100 million Echelon-powered devices installed worldwide, Echelon helps its customers easily and safely migrate existing control systems to the most modern platforms, while bringing new devices and applications into an ever-growing global Industrial Internet. Echelon helps its customers reduce operational costs, enhance satisfaction and safety, grow revenues and perform better in both established and emerging markets. More information about Echelon can be found at http://iiot.echelon.com, or www.echelon.com and at the company's blog at blog.echelon.com.

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