Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer today announced that the City of San Diego is
the world’s first city to partner with GE Lighting on a pilot of its
Intelligent Cities platform—a software-defined lighting technology that
will help San Diego solve some of the city’s infrastructure challenges.
San Diego Mayor Faulconer said, “San Diego has proven that smart
infrastructure saves energy and taxpayer dollars. We believe that the
Intelligent Cities partnership will help us go further in creating truly
intelligent infrastructure that helps us improve services to the public.”
Maryrose Sylvester, President and CEO of GE Lighting, said,
“We’re very proud to be collaborating with San Diego once again,
connecting the city to the Industrial Internet. This is a
transformational moment for GE, as we continue to build upon big data
analytics to provide value and significant outcomes for our customers.”
The Intelligent Cities partnership will explore enhanced sensors and
Predix®—GE's software platform for the Industrial Internet
which allows for advanced lighting control, traffic and parking
optimization, and environmental monitoring and analysis. The work on the
project, expected to begin in the spring, will focus on an assessment of
a portion of LED street lights and sensors located throughout the city.
Last year, San Diego became the first U.S. city to widely use GE’s LED
lighting fixtures with LightGrid™ outdoor wireless controls technology.
The technology, deployed on more than 3,000 city street lights, saves
the city more than $254,000 annually in energy and maintenance costs.
ABOUT GE LIGHTING:
GE
Lighting invents with the vigor of its founder Thomas Edison to
develop energy-efficient solutions that change the way people light
their world in commercial, industrial, municipal and residential
settings. The business employs about 13,000 people in more than 100
countries, and sells products under the Reveal® and Energy Smart®
consumer brands, and Evolve™, GTx™, Immersion™, Infusion™, Lumination™,
Albeo™ and Tetra® commercial brands, all trademarks of GE. GE (NYSE: GE)
imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers
outcomes that make the world work better. For more information, visit www.gelighting.com.
Matt Awbrey
Deputy Chief of Staff & Chief of Communications
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Mayor
Kevin L. Faulconer
City of San Diego
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Mobile:
619-453-9913
Fax: 619-236-7228
www.sandiego.gov/mayor
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