The exhibitors present IoT hardware and solutions as well as demo setups such as the smart "Ortsbeleuchtung" street lighting solution and soil moisture sensors. Hall 5, stand 512
Schimberg and Berlin, 9 May 2023: Alpha-Omega Technology GmbH & Co. KG, expert in IoT solutions, will be present from 23 to 25 May 2023 together with its partners Lobaro, Watteco and Tektelic at "E-world energy & water", the leading trade fair of the European energy industry. In the "Smart Energy" area in Hall 5, visitors can expect a broad range of hardware with IoT technologies such as LoRaWAN, NB-IoT and wireless M-Bus, as well as demo setups for IoT solutions. The highlights at the 60 square metre joint stand: 1. The plug&play starter packages of the IoT solution „Ortsbeleuchtung“ from Alpha-Omega Technology enable municipalities to monitor and control their street lighting intelligently. The GreenBox Compact 3 from CleverCity replaces the ripple control technology and connects to a LoRaWAN network. 2. The Solar HUB from the Spanish provider Siarq is an intelligent, solar-powered street light. The unit is equipped with environmental sensors to offer environmental data as a service; the Solar HUB measures all data relevant for determining the Air Quality Index. One of its most innovative components is the dome-shaped photovoltaic panel. At the New Energy Systems Forum, Jan Bose, managing director of Alpha-Omega Technology, reports from practice on how energy management works in a digitalised building.
With iot-shop.de , Alpha-Omega Technology has been running the largest online shop for LPWAN products in the German-speaking region for more than six years. With an interdisciplinary approach, the IoT solutions expert advises its customers on implementing IoT projects and selecting sensors. Jan Bose says: "As in previous years, trade fair visitors can expect a wide selection of IoT products at our stand, such as classic sensors, bridges and gateways. We are also bringing various demo setups for innovative solutions to E-world, such as the new product packages for intelligent street lighting. Together with the Swiss smart city and smart energy expert CleverCity GmbH, we have a flexible offer with several options for newcomers as well as for established LoRaWAN operators."
Flexible IoT solution "Ortsbeleuchtung"
The new product „Ortsbeleuchtung“ makes it easier for towns and municipalities to start digitalising their street lighting. The IoT solution replaces the existing ripple control technology with the GreenBox Compact 3 from the manufacturer CleverCity and an Internet of Things based on the LoRaWAN radio technology. A visual dashboard makes it possible to control the street lighting digitally and thus supports the path to the smart village. What makes "Ortsbeleuchtung" special is its flexibility: depending on requirements, the starter packages for the conversion contain three, five or ten configured GreenBoxes and everything else needed for operation.
Lobaro: wireless M-Bus gateways
Lobaro GmbH from Hamburg, a provider of solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), presents two innovative gateways for wireless M-Bus communication at the stand: the maintenance-free and lightweight Solar Wireless M-Bus Gateway for indoor or outdoor use collects consumption data from up to 500 standard water meters, heat meters or heat cost allocators. The battery-free solution is also suitable for sub-annual consumption data collection in accordance with the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and for smart city applications.
The battery-powered Wireless M-Bus Bridge V3 Gateway receives consumption data from up to 500 wireless M-Bus-capable devices, such as water, electricity and heat meters, buffers it and forwards it over the internet. The gateway uses either NB-IoT, LTE-M1 or LoRaWAN technology.
Watteco: digital sensor and SmartPlug
Watteco develops and manufactures LPWAN radio transmitters. The French company enriches the joint stand with the IN’O digital sensor. The device was developed specifically for the remote monitoring of industrial equipment such as heaters, pumps, fans, valves, coolers, motors, generators and lights, and also for doors. Users can configure the ten connections either as pulse inputs or dry contacts, and four of them also as outputs. The measurement parameters can be stored, chained and compressed locally.
The Watteco SmartPlug – type F is an intelligent LoRaWAN product with an internal antenna that monitors and controls connected devices. It sends reports on the quality of the power line and also measures power consumption. The SmartPlug is plugged into a wall socket and the device to be controlled is plugged into the SmartPlug. The electrical device can then be switched on or off via the LoRaWAN network.
LoRaWAN sensors and gateways from Tektelic
Tektelic, headquartered in Canada, is a leading provider of LoRaWAN IoT gateways, end-to-end solutions, sensors and applications. Tektelic adds two LoRaWAN sensors to the exhibits at stand 5-512: the Agriculture Sensor Surface Mount with soil moisture, temperature and light sensors for collecting outdoor data, and a LoRaWAN sensor for indoor CO2 measurement. The reading of the Breeze CO2 sensor is barometrically corrected so that correct values are recorded and transmitted via LoRaWAN even at high altitudes. Users can choose between two variants: standalone and standalone with PIR, i.e. with a motion detector. In addition to the single variant, there is also a variant with an e-ink display.
Expert talk: "From practice: energy management in the digitalised building"
Jan Bose, managing director of Alpha-Omega Technology, reports from practice on how energy management works in a digitalised building. The talk takes place as part of the topic block "How to LoRaWAN: energy efficiency through smart sensors" at the New Energy Systems Forum on 24 May at 4.30 pm in Hall 1. Participation is free of charge for trade fair visitors. "I will show the audience in a practical way which sensors they should use where in the building, and what they should do with them, to achieve a positive effect in their energy management," says Jan Bose. In addition to the right choice of hardware, aspects such as the efficient use of energy resources and simple, long-lasting solutions are decisive for successful energy management in the smart building.