Yves Henaff

CEO @Kawantech

Toulouse, FR

Kawantech is a SME (22 employees) focusing on Smart infrastructure sensors. With skills in electronic design, production and distributed databases, Kawantech creates intelligent sensors in the Edge computing spirit. These sensors have capacity to adapt street light intensity to suit human needs. Kawantech adaptive lighting technology is human centric, while also protecting biodiversity. Kara sensors bring an unmatched energy reduction : divide by the 3 the energy bill. These sensors are optionally connected to city light and digital network hypervisors (LoRa, and SSN Wi-Sun, LTE-M & 5G for ITS).Kawantech envision an Smart Infrastructure world where light poles and city roads will support people in their daily life (see \"Small cells\" on Google). The company developed the Kara sensors in order to bring streetlights a new class of intelligence. The company has 40+ cities as user. Kara sensor enabled Paris city to win the national AFE lighting efficiency trophy in 2018.In 2019 Kawantech acquired Parkisseo in order to reinforce its team in Smart Parking. Now Kawantech converges with the automotive and telecom industry to reach unified, open protocol solutions that improves mobility efficiency. The city is becoming a Smart Assistant that helps people get a better and cleaner mobility experience.