Customer stories

The cities that run their streetlights on Dimonoff

Dimonoff manages smart lighting and controls at more than 500 sites across North America — commercial venues, cities and municipalities, and government facilities such as DOTs, seaports and airports. The three below are just a few, shared by customers who put their experience in writing, with real numbers: how they dim LED fixtures, cut energy use, spot outages and manage entire networks from one web-based platform.

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A few of our customers, by the numbers

18,312
Grand Rapids — Michigan, USA · nodes: 50,000
Mississauga — Ontario, Canada · streetlights: 132,500
Montréal — Québec, Canada · connected luminaires

Just these three deployments already total 200,812 connected streetlights and nodes — and they are only three of the 500+ sites that run on Dimonoff.

The same themes come up in every reference

Different cities, different network sizes — yet the municipal teams that work with Dimonoff describe the same things: reliability at scale, real operational savings, and a partner that stays responsive long after go-live.

Reliability at large scale
From 18,000 to more than 130,000 nodes running in production.
Real energy management
Dimming LED fixtures and monitoring power consumption.
Faster outage response
The network flags power outages automatically.
Run by in-house crews
City electricians operate it from the web-based SCMS.
A long-term partner
Multi-year relationships, renewed, with support the cities themselves call second to none.

Three cities that were kind enough to share

A small sample of 500+ sites, in their own words. Every quote below is verbatim from a reference or deployment letter.

Grand Rapids · Michigan, USA

“The City of Grand Rapids is satisfied with our Dimonoff system… All eight of our electricians can operate the lighting controls and access the reporting using the SCMS.”

Installed from 2023, the Grand Rapids network runs 18,312 nodes on a 2.4 GHz mesh radio network across 24 gateway-controlled zones. The city’s team uses it to monitor streetlight power consumption, dim LED fixtures and watch for power outages — all from the web-based SCMS.

Power monitoring
LED dimming
Outage detection

18,312

nodes on a 2.4 GHz mesh radio network

24 zones

controlled by gateways

8 electricians

operate controls & reporting via SCMS

Since 2023

installation start

Mississauga · Ontario, Canada

“Over the years, Dimonoff has proven to be more than just a supplier — they have become a trusted partner… a level of support that is second to none.”

Mississauga has worked with Dimonoff since 2012 and recently renewed through a new 10-year agreement. 50,000 streetlights across the city are operated on Dimonoff’s adaptive control system, cutting energy costs by 55% against the city’s 2011 baseline — a decade-long deployment the city calls dependable, innovative and customer-focused.

Adaptive lighting
Citywide network
Long-term partner

50,000

streetlights on adaptive control

55%

lower energy costs vs. 2011 baseline

Since 2012

continuous partnership

10-year

agreement recently renewed

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Montréal · Québec, Canada

“Dimonoff’s solutions rank among the most performant, mature and stable technologies currently available on the market for intelligent public-lighting control.”

Montréal connected its entire streetlight inventory — 132,500 luminaires across 19 boroughs and three different controller vendors — to a single Dimonoff | SCMS platform, cutting energy costs by 35% and maintenance costs by 55%. The deployment integrates hardware from Dimonoff, Current by GE and Telematics Wireless under one operations view.

Multi-vendor platform
Massive scale
Low maintenance

132,500

connected luminaires

19 boroughs

citywide scope

35% / 55%

lower energy / maintenance costs

Since 2016

deployment start

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Trusted at 500+ sites

The names below are only a sample. Dimonoff manages smart lighting and controls at commercial venues, cities and municipalities, and government facilities such as DOTs, seaports and airports — these are a handful of the municipal deployments that are public.

Grand Rapids
Mississauga
Montréal
Laval
Columbus
Varennes
+ 500 more sites

Dimonoff smart lighting — FAQ

Which cities use Dimonoff smart streetlight control?

Grand Rapids, Michigan; Mississauga, Ontario; and Montréal, Québec. These are three of Dimonoff’s 500+ sites.

Beyond cities, what kinds of sites use Dimonoff?

Dimonoff serves more than 500 sites in total — commercial venues, cities and municipalities, and government facilities such as departments of transportation (DOT), seaports and airports.

How many streetlights can Dimonoff’s system manage?

Deployments range from 18,312 nodes in Grand Rapids and 50,000 streetlights in Mississauga up to 132,500 connected luminaires in Montréal. The platform is built to scale to large connected-lighting networks.

Is Dimonoff smart lighting used in the United States?

Yes. Grand Rapids, Michigan has run a Dimonoff system since 2023, with 18,312 nodes on a 2.4 GHz mesh network. Dimonoff is also available to U.S. public agencies through a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract.

What can a city do with Dimonoff smart lighting control?

Monitor streetlight power consumption, dim LED fixtures to save energy, detect power outages, and control lighting by zone — all managed centrally through the web-based SCMS platform.

How does Dimonoff connect a city’s streetlights?

Through a wireless mesh of smart nodes that report to gateways and are managed in the SCMS software. In Grand Rapids, 18,312 nodes communicate over a 2.4 GHz mesh radio network across 24 gateway-controlled zones.

Is Dimonoff easy for a city’s own crews to operate?

Yes. In Grand Rapids, all eight of the city’s electricians operate the lighting controls and pull reporting themselves through the web-based SCMS.

How long have cities worked with Dimonoff?

Relationships are long-term: Mississauga since 2012 (renewed on a new 10-year agreement), Montréal since 2016, and Grand Rapids since 2023.

Grand Rapids figures and quote: written statement from Ryan Timmer, Utility Systems Manager, City of Grand Rapids. Mississauga figures and quotes: City of Mississauga letter of reference, Trevisan Marcuzzi, Coordinator, Street Lighting, cross-checked against the city’s own published project report. Montréal figures: City of Montréal contract-award release and Énergère’s published installation figures (see the Montréal case study for full sourcing); quote: Dimonoff Québec-municipal deployment reference letter, translated from French. "500+ sites" is Dimonoff’s own stated footprint.

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