The city of Milpitas, Calif., has broken ground on a smart city energy and water savings program with ENGIE North America.
The program includes more than 200 kilowatts of solar; an energy storage and microgrid solution for backup power at the Milpitas Senior Center and Milpitas Community Center; 15,600 infrastructure water meters; 2,185 LED streetlight retrofits; 4,453 streetlight controls upgrades with outage detection; city-wide LED lighting upgrades in parks, sports fields, city buildings, and community facilities; water, wastewater and stormwater management automation; touchless efficient water fixtures; and electric vehicle charging stations.
These upgrades are expected to reduce utility consumption by more than 4.2 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and save more than $1.5 million in energy and water costs annually.
“The goal of the city's energy and water savings program is to upgrade critical infrastructure with an eye on three major pillar
