A Chicago street before (top) and after (bottom) the lighting upgrade. The LED lighting conversion effort is expected to improve public safety by providing better illumination as well as create a lighting system that lasts longer and is easier to maintain.
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, or PNNL
Lighting experts such as PNNL’s Michael Poplawski and his team knew that deploying a networked
monitoring and control technology was something no other city had attempted at such a scale.