Totem, a new smart utility system for tomorrow?s smart cities
Distributed energy for a world of automated cars and electric vehicles If the predictions are correct, our cities will soon be transformed with new technological and transportation advancements, from smart sensors to automated vehicles. But while the technology behind cars, computers, and buildings continue to advance, the infrastructure that powers and connects everything tends to stand still.
Brian Lakamp, the CEO and founder of Totem, a Bedford, New York-based company that just unveiled a new smart utility system, believes it?s well past time for cities to push the power grid forward. He sees his company?s product?a solar-powered, autonomous, utility pole that resembles a palm tree?as a new take on how cities can provide clean, sustainable energy, as well as a re-evaluation of the role of urban infrastructure.
?People need to engage with infrastructure,? he says. ?There isn?t commitment to real design, just a lot of vanilla-colored boxes. There?s a lot that needs to be done to push infrastructure forward.?
Lakamp?s envisions these large devices, which measure either 18 or 30 feet tall, as power generators and platforms. Each Totem, powered by a five-kilowatt solar array, offers battery storage, EV charging, and lighting, serving as a new solar-powered streetlamp for the smart city.
Totem is pitching cities, corporations, and campuses on the value of installing these devices to create a decentralized energy grid and communications platform; beyon...
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