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Dimonoff exhibits at Smart Cities Connect 2026, National Harbor
Dimonoff is exhibiting at the Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference and Expo at National Harbor, Maryland, from 22 to 24 September 2026, and Jostran Lamontagne speaks on the Thursday morning. The expo floor runs 22 and 23 September.
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Dimonoff at the 2026 IES Street & Area Lighting Conference
Dimonoff is confirmed for booth 204 at the 2026 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference, held 8 to 11 November 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. Daniel Noiseux and Naomih Dalpé will be there for all four days.
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How to reduce public lighting network management costs
Energy is no longer where most of the saving sits in a converted lighting network. Fault detection, maintenance planning and centralised asset management are what change the operating budget.
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Vectanor Group organises around four divisions
Vectanor Group announced a structure built on four distinct divisions in April 2026: Dimonoff, Amotus, Spatium and Vigilia. Dimonoff keeps smart lighting control and connected urban infrastructure.
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Dimonoff joins the Wi-SUN Alliance as a contributing member
Vectanor Group, Dimonoff's parent company, joined the Wi-SUN Alliance as a contributing member in March 2026, giving it a seat in the technical working groups that write the open mesh standard for outdoor IoT.
Read moreDimonoff at Connect 351, Boston, January 2026
Dimonoff exhibited at Connect 351, the annual trade show of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, on 22 and 23 January 2026 in Boston's Seaport District, at booth 520.
Read moreDimonoff on Nasdaq TradeTalks: IoT and climate solutions
Daniel Noiseux joined Nasdaq TradeTalks with Jill Malandrino, alongside guests from Digi International and Taiga Motors, to discuss how connected streetlights and sensors let a city use the grid it already has rather than expand it.
Read moreDimonoff in Radio-Canada's report on smart cities
Radio-Canada featured Dimonoff in a report for Québec 2050, its series on how AI and connected technology change city services. Journalist Jean-François Blanchet looked at smart street lighting and the Quebec deployments behind it.
Read moreDimonoff at the 2025 IES Street & Area Lighting Conference
Dimonoff exhibited at the 2025 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference, held 21 to 24 September 2025 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, at booth 809, with the Grand Rapids and Pittsburgh deployments as the subject.
Read moreNaomih Dalpé joins Dimonoff to lead business development
Naomih Dalpé joined Dimonoff in July 2025 as Director of Business Development, focused on bringing Dimonoff | SCMS to cities and municipalities across North America. She has worked in business development for technology and SaaS companies since 2018.
Read morePittsburgh converts 36,536 streetlights with Dimonoff | SCMS
The City of Pittsburgh selected Dimonoff | SCMS to manage the conversion of 36,536 high-pressure sodium streetlights to networked LED. RME nodes and G3+ gateways form the mesh; the two-year rollout is tracked publicly on the city's own project site.
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Digi names Dimonoff 2025 Green Tech Award winner
Digi International named Dimonoff the winner of its 2025 Green Tech Award in the Smart City Lighting category. The award recognises technology whose deployments measurably reduce energy use and emissions; Digi XBee radios carry the DigiMesh network under Dimonoff | SCMS.
Read moreDimonoff at Smart Cities Connect Spring 2025, San Antonio
Dimonoff exhibited at the Smart Cities Connect Spring Conference and Expo in San Antonio, Texas, from 14 to 16 April 2025, at booth 219, with the smart lighting management platform.
Read moreDimonoff signs Canada's voluntary code of conduct on AI
Dimonoff signed Canada's Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems, joining other Canadian organisations committing to transparency, accountability and safety in how they build and deploy AI.
Read moreLaval named Eurêka! 2024 finalist for its Dimonoff project
Écotech Québec named the City of Laval a finalist in the Municipal category of its Eurêka! 2024 Awards, for a project combining smart street lighting control and dynamic traffic signage on one platform. The ceremony was held on 12 November 2024 at ÉCO-RDV Montréal.
Read moreDimonoff to Exhibit at Smart Cities Connect Fall 2024 in Austin
Dimonoff exhibited at Smart Cities Connect Fall 2024 in Austin, Texas, showcasing its streetlight conversion project with Pittsburgh and dynamic parking signage deployment in Laval, Quebec.
Read moreDimonoff | SCMS wins two 2024 IoT Evolution awards
IoT Evolution World named Dimonoff | SCMS the 2024 Smart City Product of the Year, with The Smart City Sentinel, and gave it the 2024 IoT Security Excellence Award. Both citations pointed at the Laval deployment.
Read moreDimonoff to Receive Sustainable Smart City Award in Bangkok
Dimonoff will receive the Sustain Asia Energy Award 2024 at SustainAsia Week in Bangkok, Thailand, recognizing its sustainability and innovation in smart streetlight and parking management systems for cities.
Read moreDimonoff's Lamontagne to Chair Intelligent Cities Summit
Dimonoff Vice President Jostran Lamontagne chaired the 8th annual Intelligent Cities Summit in Detroit, moderating city spotlight panels while Dimonoff exhibited its smart lighting and parking management solutions.
Read moreDimonoff at the 2024 UMQ Assises in Montreal
Dimonoff took part in the 102nd annual meeting of the Union des municipalités du Québec, held 22 to 24 May 2024 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, at booth 46.
Read moreDimonoff to Exhibit at Smart Cities Connect Spring 2024
Dimonoff will showcase its smart streetlight control and smart parking management systems at Smart Cities Connect Spring 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May 7 to 10, 2024.
Read moreDimonoff at LEDucation 2024 in New York
Dimonoff exhibited at the 2024 LEDucation trade show and conference at the New York Hilton Midtown, 19 and 20 March 2024, at booth GB 1021.
Read moreBrigitte Baril joins Dimonoff to boost business development
Dimonoff welcomed Brigitte Baril as Business Development Director for Smart City Solutions, bringing 30 years of experience in manufacturing and lighting, including eight years focused on smart cities and intelligent lighting for U.S. municipalities.
Read moreDimonoff to showcase smart lighting and parking at 2024 MMA show
Dimonoff announced its participation in the 45th Massachusetts Municipal Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show in Boston, showcasing its smart street lighting control system and smart parking management solution at booth 217.
Read moreSmart LED signs for snow removal in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures installed 80 smart LED no-parking signs with Dimonoff and Orange Traffic, activated sector by sector so parking restrictions lift as soon as each area is cleared.
Read moreDimonoff spotlighted in the Global Smart Street Lighting Market report
IoT analyst firm Berg Insight featured Dimonoff as a major player in the second edition of its Global Smart Street Lighting Market report, which includes five-year industry forecasts, case studies, and analysis of the shift toward cellular connectivity.
Read moreDimonoff to exhibit at Smart Cities Connect Fall 2023 in D.C.
Dimonoff announced its participation in the 2023 Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference in Washington, D.C., where it exhibited intelligent lighting and parking solutions and joined a panel on energy, asset management, and sustainability with BrainBox AI and IDC.
Read moreDimonoff gears up for the 2023 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference
Dimonoff announced its participation in the 2023 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference in Indianapolis, part of a trade mission organized by Investissement Quebec, where it highlighted successful smart lighting deployments in Grand Rapids, Cambridge, and Columbus.
Read moreDimonoff to showcase smart lighting at Intelligent Cities Summit
Dimonoff announced its participation in the 7th Annual Intelligent Cities Summit in Toronto, where it exhibited IoT-based smart lighting and parking technology and moderated a panel on defining intelligent cities with municipal leaders from Nanaimo and Toronto.
Read moreGrand Rapids launches smart street lighting project with Dimonoff
The City of Grand Rapids, Michigan partnered with Dimonoff to install 18,037 wireless smart control nodes on streetlights, creating a connected network for remote monitoring, real-time control, and proactive maintenance managed through the Dimonoff | SCMS platform.
Read moreSmart poles to illuminate Water Street Tampa, Florida
Dimonoff is deploying smart lighting poles at the 56-acre Water Street Tampa urban development in partnership with fixture manufacturer Lumca, using its nodes to dynamically adjust brightness and cut energy waste.
Read moreDimonoff to Attend Smart Cities Connect Spring 2023 Denver
Dimonoff attended the Smart Cities Connect Spring Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, in May 2023, showcasing smart lighting and parking control systems alongside partner LED Supply Co.
Read moreDimonoff at LightFair 2023 in New York
Dimonoff exhibited at LightFair 2023, held 23 to 25 May 2023 at the Javits Center in New York, at booth 1757, showing street lighting control and the CitySafe notification system.
Read moreDimonoff at the 2023 UMQ Assises in Gatineau
Dimonoff attended the 2023 Assises of the Union des municipalités du Québec in Gatineau, 3 to 5 May 2023, at booth 6, under the theme Local Government is Essential.
Read moreWhy a mesh network outlasts cellular for street lighting
Both mesh and cellular can run a smart lighting network. They differ on the two things that decide cost over a fixture's life: what happens when a mobile generation is retired, and whether every streetlight carries a recurring data fee.
Read moreInside the smart cities evolution: Dimonoff's founder in conversation
In this interview, Dimonoff founder Bernard Têtu shares his views on what defines a truly smart city, current trends in municipal technology, the obstacles slowing adoption, and what he expects from smart cities over the next ten years.
Read moreDimonoff to Exhibit at the 2022 IES Street & Area Lighting Conference
Dimonoff took part in the 2022 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference in Dallas, Texas, October 10-13, as a member of the Investissement Québec International delegation, showcasing its smart street lighting control solution.
Read moreDimonoff to Exhibit at Smart Cities Connect Fall 2022, DC
Dimonoff took part in the 2022 Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C., September 26-29, where Vice President Jostran Lamontagne joined a panel discussing Dimonoff's smart street lighting project in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Read moreDimonoff at the 2022 FQM Congress in Montreal
Dimonoff exhibited at the 80th annual congress of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités, 22 to 24 September 2022 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, at booth 1301.
Read moreDimonoff at LightFair 2022 in Las Vegas
Dimonoff exhibited at LightFair 2022, held 19 to 23 June 2022 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, at booth 1971 in the Smart Pavilion.
Read moreDimonoff on ICI Québec's programme C'est fait ici
ICI Québec's programme C'est fait ici, which profiles companies from the greater Quebec City area, devoted its tenth episode to Dimonoff. Host Bruno Savard visited the team; the segment led with smart street lighting.
Read moreDimonoff to Exhibit at the 2022 UMQ Assises in Quebec City
Dimonoff took part in the 100th edition of the Union des municipalités du Québec Assises conference in Quebec City, May 12-13, 2022, presenting its smart lighting control and intelligent parking management technologies at booth #28.
Read moreDimonoff to Exhibit at Smart Cities Connect Spring 2022 in Columbus
Dimonoff announced it would exhibit at booth #108 during the Smart Cities Connect Spring Conference & Expo in Columbus, Ohio on April 5-6, 2022, highlighting its ongoing smart street lighting project with the city.
Read moreColumbus, Ohio launches smart street lighting project with Dimonoff
Columbus City Council approved a construction contract with Complete General Construction Company and Dimonoff to convert about 2,500 high-pressure sodium streetlights to smart LED fixtures in the Linden neighborhood.
Read moreSaint-Laurent converts 10,100 streetlights to LED
The borough of Saint-Laurent converted 10,100 streetlights to LED as part of its 2021-2030 ten-year capital plan, with the fixtures managed through the Dimonoff platform.
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Universal Power Supply: One Module for All Configurations
Dimonoff engineered a universal power supply module for its lighting control system, operating across 100 to 527 volts at 50 or 60 Hz, replacing six separate voltage-specific products with a single universal one.
Read moreDimonoff to speak at the Smart City Lighting Summit 2021
Dimonoff Vice President Daniel Noiseux presented at the virtual Smart City Lighting Summit 2021 on August 25, discussing mesh networking for IoT communications and how Dimonoff approaches large-scale, centralized city lighting projects.
Read moreCould Cell Coverage in Your City Effectively Manage Your Lighting?
Dimonoff's Daniel Noiseux argues that relying solely on cellular coverage to manage a city's smart lighting system leaves gaps and future obsolescence risks, making wireless mesh networks a more reliable and cost-effective backhaul choice.
Read moreUnderstanding the Smart City Market: A White Paper
Dimonoff's white paper on the smart city market maps out its five vendor categories and lays out core features, interoperability and future readiness as the key criteria for choosing a system.
Read moreThree Pilot Projects in Mexico for Dimonoff
Dimonoff partnered with Mexico's National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy to deploy three smart street lighting pilot projects across Ciudad Juárez, Tlaltenango and Guadalajara over a twelve-month period starting in 2021.
Read moreDimonoff to sponsor the 5th Annual Intelligent Cities Summit
Dimonoff announced its sponsorship of the virtual 5th Annual Intelligent Cities Summit 2021, hosted by the City of Mississauga from May 26 to 28, where its team was available to demonstrate IoT solutions and connected products to attendees.
Read moreDimonoff named a finalist at the Mercuriades 2021 awards
Dimonoff was named a finalist in the Technological Innovation TELUS category at Quebec's 2021 Mercuriades business awards, recognized for its smart parking management platform.
Read moreHow Dimonoff Aims to Redefine the Smart Lighting Industry
Dimonoff shares how its Dimonoff | SCMS platform, developed over 15 years, positions the company among the top 5 smart street lighting leaders worldwide, powering projects in Montreal, Mississauga, and Laval.
Read moreA new smart street lighting network for the City of L'Assomption
The City of L'Assomption modernized its street lighting with 679 new LED fixtures and Dimonoff's wireless SCMS control system, saving an estimated $44,378 a year in energy and maintenance.
Read moreLaval selects Dimonoff for its streetlight conversion project
The City of Laval approved a 3-year, $34.5 million project to convert 37,000 street light fixtures to LED with a smart control system, with Dimonoff and Pierre Brossard Ltée as the selected implementers.
Read moreDimonoff Has Moved to a New Quebec City Headquarters
After more than a decade at two previous Quebec City locations, Dimonoff moved its headquarters to the Henri-IV Business Center, Tower A, reflecting the company's continued growth and its strategic merger with Amotus.
Read moreOne company, one vision: Dimonoff and Amotus announce their merger
Dimonoff announced the consolidation of Amotus, the custom IoT engineering company it acquired in 2018, under the Dimonoff brand, integrating its engineering team into Dimonoff's product development capacity.
Read moreDimonoff at LEDucation 2021, held online
Dimonoff took part in the LEDucation 2021 virtual conference and online marketplace, held 16 and 17 March 2021, the pandemic edition of the New York lighting show.
Read moreAsset Monitoring, at the Speed of Light
Dimonoff explains why fast network response time matters for asset monitoring, showing how its platform delivers live status and energy data, quicker anomaly detection, and configuration updates completed in hours rather than days.
Read moreDimonoff | SCMS Now Supports MQTT
Dimonoff added MQTT support to its Dimonoff | SCMS platform, giving system administrators a new way to publish live field data, such as asset location, light levels, alarms, and maintenance status, to an MQTT broker for easier third-party integration.
Read moreDimonoff recognised at the Prix performance Québec 2020
Dimonoff received recognition at the Prix performance Québec 2020, held virtually on 19 November 2020. The awards are the Quebec government's annual distinction for organisations judged on management quality and overall performance.
Read morePharos DMX Controllers Integrated Into Dimonoff | SCMS
Dimonoff integrated Pharos Lighting Playback Controllers into its Dimonoff | SCMS platform, allowing users to trigger Pharos Designer scenes and control architectural and entertainment lighting alongside standard street and area lighting.
Read moreDimonoff | SCMS Now Available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Dimonoff | SCMS is now available as a self-serve application on Microsoft Azure Marketplace, automatically provisioning an instance into a customer's Azure subscription within about an hour, ahead of Dimonoff receiving login credentials from customer service.
Read moreDimonoff's RME node redesigned: universal power, multi-radio support
Dimonoff unveiled the RME, a redesigned wireless smart lighting control node with universal power compatibility, DALI dimming, a more powerful firmware architecture, and support for multiple radio technologies.
Read moreDimonoff launches a redesigned website
Dimonoff launched a redesigned website built as a simple, informative and professional platform giving municipal and commercial visitors easier access to its smart lighting, mobility and IoT solutions.
Read moreDimonoff's new sales director brings his expertise to the team
Dimonoff appointed Jostran Lamontagne as Sales Director in late June 2020, bringing a mechanical engineering background, an MBA, and varied cross-industry experience to the role.
Read moreWhy Would You Choose Mesh Networking?
Founding President Bernard Têtu explains why mesh networking, where every node can act as a repeater, suits urban IoT deployments, citing its ability to overcome obstacles, extend gateway range, cut infrastructure costs, and self-heal automatically.
Read moreFuture Readiness in Smart City Systems, Part 3 of 3: Software
The final part of Bernard Têtu's series on future readiness looks at how software scalability, open APIs, easy updates and security determine a smart city system's staying power.
Read moreFuture Readiness in Smart City Systems, Part 2 of 3: Network
The second part of Bernard Têtu's series on future readiness examines how connectivity standards and network bandwidth choices affect a smart city system's long-term value.
Read moreFuture Readiness in Smart City Systems, Part 1 of 3: Hardware
The first part of Bernard Têtu's three-part series on future readiness in smart city systems examines how street lighting hardware, sensors and firmware should be built to last.
Read moreOpenness in Smart City Systems
Bernard Têtu explores why openness in hardware, network connectivity and software is a critical criterion for cities choosing a smart lighting and IoT platform.
Read moreKey criteria to choose a smart city system
Founding President Bernard Têtu sets out three criteria for municipalities evaluating smart city systems: core lighting and monitoring features, interoperability and openness across hardware, network, and software, and readiness for future scale.
Read moreThe needle in the smart city haystack
Founding President Bernard Têtu maps the fragmented smart city vendor landscape into five categories, from hardware makers to all-in-one system suppliers, and argues cities should favor layered, open architectures built for future technologies.
Read moreIlluminate Your Multi-Story Infrastructure the Smart Way
Dimonoff added floor plan management to its SCMS platform, letting building and parking managers control lighting on every level with schedules, motion sensors and daylight-based scenarios.
Read moreSolving Today's Pressing Issues: A Technological Answer
Bernard Têtu argues that as urban populations grow toward 66% of the world by 2050, smart city technology, particularly connected street lighting, offers a practical way to cut costs and improve services.
Read moreOur cities are getting smarter
Founding President Bernard Têtu argues that connected technology helps cities respond to challenges like climate change and public health emergencies, from automated street lighting and snow removal to emergency response and environmental monitoring.
Read moreIntroducing the Power of Visual Data Aggregation
Dimonoff | SCMS version 20 adds visual data aggregation, clustering map icons and adapting detail by zoom level so cities can manage deployments beyond the 70,000-device limit most browsers can handle.
Read moreDimonoff and Sesco Lighting partner to grow smart lighting in the USA
Dimonoff Inc. announced a partnership appointing Sesco Lighting as its exclusive sales representative across fifteen offices in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and the Caribbean.
Read moreA City or a Smart City: Is This Smart?
Dimonoff looks at the three hallmarks of a smart city: IoT-connected waste and environmental monitoring, automated smart buildings, and renewable energy adoption.
Read moreHow Smart Can Your City Become? All Eyes on Singapore
Dimonoff explores how Singapore, a leading smart city, uses technologies like electrode-based desalination, soil-free indoor farms, delivery drones, and blockchain banking to boost efficiency, self-sufficiency, and citizen services.
Read moreDimonoff's perspective on creating the smart cities of the future
Dimonoff shares its perspective on a PwC report about the smart cities of the future, affirming a citizen-centered, cautious approach to adopting new municipal technologies.
Read moreComment: How Should CSPs Exploit the Smart Streetlight Opportunity?
Dimonoff comments on a Gartner report showing CSPs are partners in only 16% of smart city streetlight projects, arguing platforms must stay vendor-agnostic and support multiple networks.
Read moreThe Biggest Smart Street-Lighting Deployments: A Rough Guide
Enterprise IoT Insights compiled a ranked, imperfect list of the world's biggest smart street-lighting deployments, placing Dimonoff's Montreal (250,000 units) and Quebec projects among the top five worldwide.
Read moreThe Future of Intelligent Cities Powered by Azure IoT
Dimonoff details its partnership with Microsoft Azure, using the Azure IoT Hub and Microsoft's global data centers and partner network to scale its smart city management systems worldwide.
Read moreDimonoff and Wirepas collaborate to make cities smarter
Wirepas, a decentralized wireless mesh provider, and Dimonoff formed a partnership integrating Wirepas Mesh technology into Dimonoff's Smart City Management System to deliver an end-to-end SCADA solution for IoT applications.
Read moreDimonoff named key player in the Smart City Industry Awards
Technology Headlines magazine recognized Dimonoff among the 10 fastest growing smart city solution providers to watch in 2018, citing its innovative products and customer relationships.
Read moreDimonoff: Spearheading a New Revolution
Founding President Bernard Têtu looks back at Dimonoff's evolution from a streetlight control specialist into a full smart city IoT platform provider, marked by the March 2018 launch of the open SCMS Connect{ED} software architecture.
Read moreMontreal Smart Street Lighting Wins Smart Cities 50 Award
Montreal's smart street lighting initiative, which modernized 132,500 LED fixtures under Dimonoff's SCMS platform, won the Energy category at the Smart Cities 50 Awards in Kansas City.
Read moreDimonoff and Shawinigan win the LSNetwork Award
Dimonoff and the City of Shawinigan received the LSNetwork Canadian Lighting Technology of the Year award for a street lighting system that also integrates sewer-level sensors.
Read moreDimonoff selected for Montreal's smart streetlight project
Dimonoff and its consortium partners were awarded a $28 million contract to convert more than 135,000 Montreal light fixtures into a connected smart lighting network, with Dimonoff's SCMS platform unifying multiple hardware vendors under one interface.
Read moreBernard Têtu to speak at the Australian Smart Lighting Summit
Dimonoff founder Bernard Têtu spoke at the 3rd Annual Australian Smart Lighting Summit, held September 8-9, 2015 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Read moreNew Truly Universal Power Supply in Dimonoff Products
Dimonoff introduced its C136-41 photocell control module featuring a truly universal power supply that operates from 100 to 527 Volts while drawing less than 1 watt, simplifying installation worldwide.
Read moreDimonoff to exhibit at Smart City Expo Montreal 2015
Dimonoff exhibited at booth 207 of Smart City Expo Montreal, held March 25-27, 2015 at the Palais des congrès, showcasing its street lighting control and asset management platform.
Read moreDimonoff finalist for the Sapphire Awards and Illumineer of the Year
Dimonoff was named a finalist in the Smart SSL Technology category and for the inaugural Illumineer of the Year Award, with the gala held February 25, 2015 in Las Vegas.
Read moreElster Solutions teams with Dimonoff for smart street lighting
Elster Solutions, a Smart Grid and Energy Management leader, signed a resale agreement for Dimonoff's wireless lighting control and monitoring platform, rebranding the offering Elster Lighting Intelligence (ELI).
Read moreHow many LEDs does it take to change a city's streetlights?
The City of Mississauga, through Enersource, converted 49,000 streetlights to LED technology, a project projected to cut energy consumption by 55 percent and maintenance costs by half while extending fixture lifespan to two decades.
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