City of Cleveland Adopts Street Light Control Network from ST Engineering Telematics Wireless

Austin, Texas, Sept. 23, 2019 – To better serve its nearly 400,000 residents, Cleveland, Ohio, has adopted the T‑Light Galaxy Network from ST Engineering Telematics Wireless to manage the city’s 61,000 streetlights. Cleveland Public Power, a city-owned utility, deployed the T‑Light Galaxy communications infrastructure in just three business days, utilizing FCC-licensed frequencies to ensure the system is both secure and reliable. The system provider, ST Engineering Telematics Wireless, is a leader in smart city wireless networks and applications.

“This digital transformation of our streetlights fulfils a key component of the Safe, Smart CLE Project launched earlier this year,” said Cleveland Public Power Commissioner Ivan Henderson. That project combines the conversion of all streetlights in the city to LED with the ST Engineering Telematics Wireless networked lighting control system and 1,000 cameras operated by the Cleveland Police Department. “Not only does the Telematics Wireless system enable us to control and manage our streetlight operations far more efficiently and cost-effectively, but it also provides Cleveland with the backbone for more advanced, future-ready smart city applications, such as high-definition imaging and the police department’s remote control of streetlights, which can be dimmed or brightened throughout the city.”

Smart lighting controls can reduce annual operating costs by as much as 20 percent, in addition to the anticipated 50 percent cost savings from converting to LED. In the Cleveland installation, the T‑Light Galaxy platform functions as a wide-area communications network. The end-to-end solution includes the BrightCity™ web-based application platform, with 61,000 individual networked lighting controllers for each streetlight’s operation. The system will enable Cleveland to set different lighting levels for residential, commercial, and industrial areas, pre-program schedules for routine and real-time management, and proactively manage maintenance.

“Cleveland’s adoption and installation of the T‑Light Galaxy streetlight control system represents a bold step forward by one of the country’s premier smart cities,” said Amir Hirsch, Business Development, ST Engineering Telematics Wireless. “It demonstrates a strong commitment to innovation, sustainability, and cost efficiency for all citizens.”

For the Cleveland project, ST Engineering Telematics Wireless installed three gateways to cover the city’s entire streetlight network, with a fourth gateway planned to provide full redundancy. The city also plans to test additional smart devices operating on the Galaxy Network in the near future.