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Savvy German City Saves 100,000 kWh with Smart Lighting

The global energy crisis is pushing businesses and local authorities to increasingly search for ways to decrease their power bills. One...

Smart city wireless networks – do open standards matter?

This article, written by Urban Control Solutions Manager, Mark Cooper, originally appeared on Enterprise IoT Insights on the 12th May...

The Cellular City

This article, written by Urban Control Solutions Manager, Mark Cooper, originally appeared in the May 2022 issue of the Institution of...

Working Together to Deliver Sustainable, Interoperable Smart City Technologies

On Thursday 31st March, Urban Control’s Director of Innovation and Development, Miguel Lira, took part in a webinar with IoTerop's...

Innovation: dynamic platform guidance

Using data on the location of an incoming train's doors, dynamic lighting shows people where to stand to ensure a safe and rapid stop The...

Innovation: station way finding

Personalised Accessibility and Wayfinding at Stations (PAWS) project with DW Windsor, the DfT, InnovateUK, FirstGroup, The University of...

County Council adaptive street lighting project

Solution automatically balances energy savings with road safety Road safety will always be the priority, but there is scope for data...

Intelligent street lighting solution for Surrey County Council

Smart City solution provider futureproofs council’s street lighting network to deliver energy savings and support future expansion.

Chippenham intelligent station project for First Group

Making light work for more intelligent stations The challenge Performance and safety (including the movement of people) at train stations...

About our training and support

Our team The team at urbancontrol come from contracting and engineering backgrounds as well as local authorities. So we know the job you...

How to meet your sustainable development goals with IoT and smart cities

Our world’s cities are facing overcrowding issues. Many are having to find new and innovative ways to solve problems such as traffic...

The benefits of Urban Control’s robust CMS network

Our focus is to provide you with a sustainable and resilient smart-city-solution. Our mesh network is an integral part of that promise....