eSmart is in advanced stage of discussions with various local governments and bodies in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab and Maharashtra to take up 6 – 8 cities in each State under ESCO model, says Suresh Shah, Chairman, eSmart Energy Solutions Private Limited, in conversation with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).
“We can put security and surveillance cameras to do the traffic monitoring, traffic discipline on the streets, thereby monitoring incidents such as major accidents, crime etc, which could be recorded live.”
Give us an overview of eSmart Energy Solutions Ltd.
eSmart Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd is concentrating on Energy Service Company (ESCO) activities, security and surveillance. It is also providing IT based LED lighting solutions on the basis of revenue sharing in Municipal Corporations along with video cameras for security and surveillance to the Election Commission, educational institutions for examination purpose, in city buses, Municipal Corporations, etc. As of now ,we have more than 2,00,000 streetlights installed and working on ESCO model in India.
Give us a brief about some of the ESCO projects eSmart is undertaking.
eSmart is in advanced stage of discussions with various local governments and bodies in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab and Maharashtra, to take up 6-8 cities in each State under the ESCO model. Internationally, we have initiated business discussions with Mauritius, Bhutan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, UAE and Qatar, Morocco and Indonesia. We plan to have a combined installation of 3.5 million streetlights by the end of the financial year 2017.
All our lights are remotely controlled and can be turned on or off and through the Internet. Hence, very little manpower is required to operate them. We easily get to know which lights have failed where and can be replaced.
If we are putting Wi-Fi devices in the streetlight, we can make the entire city Wi-Fi by offering this service.
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How security cameras can be integrated with the streetlights to increase the security cover of the cities?
In addition to the Wi-Fi, We can put security and surveillance cameras to do the traffic monitoring, traffic discipline on the streets, thereby monitoring incidents such as major accidents, crime etc, which could be recorded live. We have installed such systems in Deesa, Gujarat
Two of our projects in Bhubaneshwar and Mohali have received the prestigious lighting award, namely SKOTCH AWARD, for their projects.
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