Australia’s Street Lighting Transition
As in many parts of the world, street lighting in Australia is in a period of rapid transition. About half of the country’s 2.5...
How smart technologies are revolutionising car parks
Smart parking solutions are being integrated into cities to save drivers time and money make it easier for organisation to capture data
A Stocktake of Australia’s Progress Towards Smart Street Lighting
When IPWEA first started its Street Lighting & Smart Controls Program in 2016, about 6.5% of Australia’s 2.3 million street lights were LEDs while...
Fleets lead the way on Electric Vehicle Adoption in Australia
Australia may be a world leader in many fields, but it trails the world in electric vehicle (EV) uptake. According to the Electric Vehicle Council, 6,900...
City of Palmerston ‘Makes the Switch’ across its lighting network with the latest in...
The City of Palmerston, located just outside Darwin in the Northern Territory, is the first council in Australia to make the switch to a...
Preventing Street Lighting Pole Failures
In September 2023, a corroded pole failed in high winds on the Wellington Urban Motorway. The occupants of a car, who were driving at...
Virtual Fibre: A Game Changer in Connectivity
CCTV, public WiFi, mobile telephony and a wide variety of smart city infrastructure are all data hungry and getting hungrier. A key challenge for...
Why digital twins are going to revolutionise construction
With construction output set to grow 85 per cent over the next decade, innovation is desperately needed to lower carbon emissions and improve efficiency....
How the IoT can improve infrastructure management and performance
We know that reliable information guides decisions and saves money, which is why, thanks to improvements in technology and the IoT, data is a...
Christchurch City Council (New Zealand) deploys Itron Smart Streetlighting Solution
With a population of more than 395,000 (as of June 2023), Christchurch City is the largest urban centre in the South Island of New...
