Who we are…
Tvilight is a European market leader in smart street lighting solutions.
The company specializes in street light sensors, wireless street lighting controls, and connected street lighting management software. Tvilight’s intelligent lighting solutions create an independent open network that allows integrating a multitude of third-party applications and thus constitute a reliable, future-proof base for a Smart City and IoT. Tvilight has an installed base of over 100 projects globally and has deployed thousands of intelligent street lights in iconic cities and critical infrastructure around the world. Tvilight’s international projects include, among others: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Dutch Railways, more than 30 Dutch towns and cities, Seoul city, as well as the German cities Düren, Köln, Münster, and Berlin.
In 2016 Tvilight secured growth investment from a global technology leader OSRAM who acquired a minority stake in the company. The original investor Ponooc, who backed Tvilight with seed investment in 2012, continues to participate in the company.
What we do…
We produce unique street lighting solutions that offer much more than traditional lighting.
We offer wireless lighting solutions that are reliable, scalable and meet the evolving energy and environmental requirements of cities around the world. Our products serve as an excellent platform for additional Smart City devices and applications.
Our smart street lighting solutions work on a patented presence-detecting technology. By connecting other sensors on top of the lighting network, you can harness the power of big data for better traffic management, environmental control, enhanced security, and more.
With Tvilight, street lights turn into a powerful data-gathering network, bringing you closer to a city that is smart, connected and controllable.
How we do it…
By constantly testing the limits of modern-day sensor technology.
We never stop researching. We keep inventing new sensor applications for better street lighting and smarter cities. We put safety first and are proud to deliver our clients the high-quality, fail-proof hardware and software.
Our philosophy
Street lights are the backbone of urban infrastructure and one of the most important public assets.
Street lights are also an important consumer of energy, accounting for 19% of the global electricity use, and costing Europe €10 billion each year. Furthermore, roughly a third of all European street lights still run on a 1930s standard, resulting in massive energy waste and CO2 emissions.
Flying over the continent at night, one would see the earth entangled in a dense network of bright lights—many of those burning without a single person around them, consuming energy non-stop and stimulating light pollution. It is not surprising that, according to estimations, Europe can save up to €3 billion in energy costs each year, just by adopting new lighting technologies.
It made us wonder—what if we could make sure that there’s always just as much light as needed, and precisely where it is needed? Could we phase out the obsolete street lights that turn our cities into ceaseless energy consumers? Could we offer an alternative way of lighting up the streets, without ever compromising public safety?
Over the years, we have developed and perfected the technology that allows this, and even more. We began by inventing an advanced wireless street lighting solution. We moved on to developing the comprehensive sensor networks that serve as a building block for Smart Cities of today and tomorrow.
