Ameresco and Silver Spring Networks Collaborate to Accelerate Smart Cities

December 15, 2016

Energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco, Inc. has executed a non-exclusive master reseller agreement with Silver Spring Networks, a networking platform and solutions provider for the Internet of Things (IoT).

The agreement makes Ameresco one of several channel partners for Silver Spring’s standards-based offerings. Ameresco has more than 1,000 employees providing local expertise in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

The collaboration will help cities and other public lighting operators deliver smart street lighting programs and establish a foundation for future IoT applications and services, such as smart water, traffic signals, and distributed energy resources. 

This agreement allows Ameresco to offer Silver Networks’ IPv6 Starfish platform and SLV6 city management platform service models to Ameresco’s customers as part of its smart city and municipal street lighting solution offerings. Ameresco believes Silver Spring’s solution will be a valuable tool as Ameresco continues to enhance and execute its LED and Smart City strategy.

“This is a natural evolution of Ameresco’s successful track record in implementing energy saving LED street lighting conversion projects,” says Louis Maltezos, Executive Vice President, Ameresco. “In addition, it enables us to extend our traditional project implementation role into an ongoing service/support role while more seamlessly offering a broader array of energy management and smart city value-added services and capabilities to our customers.”

The network-as-a-service model allows municipalities and utilities to deploy a multi-application network and data platform without having to build and manage the network themselves, helping to reduce their capital outlay and the need for IT expertise. The economics and benefits of the smart street light network approach helps cities and utilities manage their resources prudently, and achieve sustainability-driven initiatives and goals throughout their communities.

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