Echelon asks: Hello lamp-post, whatcha knowin'?
The city of San Francisco, along with local utility company Pacific Gas & Electric, is testing out smart street lights that can be monitored remotely using LonWorks technology from Echelon using everyone's favorite gadgets for demonstration purposes, the Apple iPhone.The idea is to help the city reduce its electricity bill: apparently up to 40 percent of the power bill for any given metropolis goes to lighting up streets and sidewalks.