Acuity brands, cisco and sensity to present webinar: “meeting the
presidential challenge for advanced outdoor lighting”
Sunnyvale, calif.--(business wire)--sensity systems: what: acuity brands, inc., one of the world’s leading providers of led lighting solutions; cisco, the worldwide leader in it; and sensity systems, the pioneer of light sensory networks (lsn), will present an educational webinar, “meeting the presidential challenge for advanced outdoor lighting.” the webinar is designed to help public sector organizations learn more about what it takes to get involved in the presidential challenge for outdoor lighting program, which was announced by the white house in january during the u.s. conference of mayors. the presidential challenge webinar will define and introduce technologies that constitute the next generation of ‘advanced outdoor lighting.’ it will also describe how the presidential challenge program represents an important tangible step toward the creation of smart cities. administered through the u.s. department of energy (doe) better buildings program, the presidential challenge for advanced outdoor lighting program has set a goal of upgrading 1.5 million streetlights nationwide to high-efficiency leds. webinar topics: introduction to the better buildings outdoor lighting accelerator program presentation by acuity brands on high-efficiency lighting, controls strategies and how to manage the transition from old to new lighting technologies presentation by cisco on the elements of a smart city presentation by sensity on advanced lighting as the starting point for smart cities who: heather zichal, former deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change yaser abdelsamed, vp of engineering, outdoor led systems, acuity brands, inc. munish khetrapal, managing director, solutions and business transformation, cisco systems hugh martin, chairman and ceo, sensity systems when: april 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. pt (2:00 p.m. et) registration: https://vts.inxpo.com/launch/qreg.htm?showkey=24207&affiliatedata=advisory about acuity brands acuity brands, inc. (nyse: ayi), is a north american market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. with fiscal year 2014 net sales of $2.4 billion, acuity brands employs approximately 7,000 associates and is headquartered in atlanta, georgia, with operations throughout north america and in europe and asia. the company’s lighting solutions are sold under various brands, including lithonia lighting®, holophane®, peerless®, gotham®, mark architectural lighting™, winona® lighting, healthcare lighting®, hydrel®, american electric lighting®, carandini®, antique street lamps™, sunoptics®, reloc® wiring solutions, eldoled® and acuity controls. for more information, visit www.acuitybrands.com. about cisco cisco (nasdaq: csco) is the worldwide leader in it that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. for ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com. about sensity systems sensity systems uses energy-efficient led lighting as the foundation for a high-speed, sensor-based light sensory network (lsn). the company enables light owners to capitalize on the led conversion process by embedding sensing and networking technology within led luminaires. with sensity’s open, privacy-by-design, multiservice netsense platform, lighting owners are able to reduce energy costs and implement a variety of applications and services, including public safety, environmental and weather monitoring, parking management and location analytics. for more information, visit www.sensity.com.
