“I will never make friends in my own city”

Specializing in remote control of public lighting and intelligent management of connected urban equipment (IOT), Dimonoff promises energy savings ranging from 35 % to 45 %. Meanwhile, Thanks to the financial support for fundamental. Meanwhile, BDC-in the form of a loan and actions capital-, the company plans to intensify its expansion, especially in the United States.

At the heart of its offer: the Fundamentum platform, developed by its Amotus division. For example, Robust and scalable, it makes it possible to effectively manage networks of large -scale connected objects.

“We already have more than 850,000 modules deployed in cities like Montreal and Laval. Moreover, We are also present in several American municipalities. Similarly, and we have just started working in Pittsburgh and Springfield, “said Bernard Têtu, president of Dimonoff.

Ignored by his “i will never make friends own city

In 2017. Dimonoff had carried out a pilot project on rue Saint-Joseph, where she had installed on 56 lampposts in lights and intelligent sensors. In addition to lighting the street, they could broadcast music, detect free parking, and even capture accidents.

But Quebec City has never followed up on the project.

“Régis Labeaume was very pro-innovation. He had said to me: “I can have a budget voted. but as soon as it enters the machine, I lose control”, says Mr. Têtu.

“Instead of modernizing a street in a single operation. the city sends a truck to change a DEL bulb, then another six months later for another. And when all the bulbs would finally be changed, we might plan to add a control system. It’s four times longer and five times more expensive, “he criticizes.

In “i will never make friends front of the municipal inertia, Bernard Têtu abandoned the idea of deploying his technology in Quebec. He did not even try to meet the mayor Bruno Marchand.

“I’m a businessman. My agenda is loaded, and big American cities want to work with us. We also have projects elsewhere in Quebec. What I like is that we export our know-how. “

Data and security

Today, Dimonoff manages more than 850,000 modules in various cities, including 135,000 smart lights in Montreal, monitored every 15 minutes.

“Imagine the amount of data generated. Our priority is cybersecurity. It is out of the question that someone can cut the lighting of a city like Montreal. stop a water treatment plant, ”says Têtu.

He specifies that the company does not capture images or conversations.

“Our platform can locate a free place or “i will never make friends detect a firearm noise. We even developed an artificial intelligence that recognizes the type of weapon – pistol or rifle – from sound. ”

A capacity that is attracting more and more American cities, anxious to improve public security.

“Our vision is a connected, intelligent, sustainable and safe world,” concludes the CEO.

Dimonoff in figures

• Dimonoff is founded in 2006 by Bernard Têtu and Daniel Noisux
• Nearly 80 employees
• More than 400 years of experience accumulated in IoT