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IoT blog: Smart Building

Welcome to Deutsche Telekom's IoT blog!

Welcome to Deutsche Telekom's IoT blog!

In our blog, our IoT (Internet of Things) experts provide insights into the latest IoT trends, technologies, various IoT devices and applications as well as practical experience reports and best practices. Find out everything you need to know about IoT and stay up to date.

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Heating engineer installing a new system

06.03.2024

The IoT as the Nervous System of Building Automation

In building automation, the Internet of Things plays the crucial role of the information transmitter with the aim of making buildings more sustainable and more efficient.

#Smart Building

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The Kärcher Kira B 50 autonomous scrubber drier in the foyer of the Stuttgart trade fair.

04.09.2023

Kärcher’s Autonomous Scrubber Driers Neatly Networked

Leading cleaning technology provider Kärcher has linked its autonomous scrubber driers to Telekom’s worldwide IoT network, making both remote access and digital fleet management possible.

#Smart Building     #Servitization

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Installation of the logos at Karlsruhe’s Wildpark Stadium © Declaro GmbH

09.05.2023

LichtWART: Let There Be Light – Sustainable Light

The startup LichtWART’s IoT solution ensures that illuminated advertising and outdoor lighting always shine with the right intensity and malfunctions are spotted at an early stage.

#Sustainability     #Smart Building      #SMEs

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Cleaner wipes office desk with a cloth.

18.04.2023

Smart Cleaning Cleans Buildings Efficiently and Sustainably

Compromising on cost but not on cleanliness, Soobr’s new smart cleaning solution optimizes facility cleaning. Companies benefit, as do healthcare institutions.

#Sustainability     #Smart Building

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Empty open plan office with ceiling lamps and lighting on

31.03.2023

Saving Energy with the IoT: 10 Examples from Practice

Where and how can the Internet of Things achieve valuable energy resource savings? We take ten practical examples from different industries.

#Sustainability     #Smart Building

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Monitoring a building’s electricity consumption on a tablet

05.01.2023

How the IoT Helps Smart Meters Save Electricity

The IoT takes metering to the next level, from mechanical to digital where smart meters make electricity consumption more transparent and energy saving easier.

#Sustainability     #Smart Building     #SMEs

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BlueKit system from D+H Mechatronic and Deutsche Telekom in an elevator shaft

21.03.2022

D+H: IoT Makes Elevator Shafts Energy-Efficient

The benefits of sustainability, cost efficiency and process optimization go hand in hand for D+H and its customers thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). A smart, user-friendly box identifies energy losses in elevator shafts and helps reduce energy usage.

#Sustainability     #Smart Building

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Window front of an office building

23.11.2021

Facility Management Has “Enormous Potential”

Professor Uwe Rotermund, managing partner of consultants rotermund.ingenieure, notes in this interview where connecting buildings with the Internet of Things (IoT) is often still problematic and why developers and facility managers need to rethink.

#Smart Building

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A skilled worker tries to locate water ingress with a measuring device.

19.04.2021

Smart IoT Box Makes Loss Adjustment Simpler

Water damage in buildings costs billions every year. Dehumidifiers can limit consequential damage and electricity consumption can be measured precisely thanks to the Internet of Things.

#Smart Building     #SMEs

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Man with tablet stands in front of an industrial robot of the automotive industry

02.03.2021

Smart factory? Not without a digital twin

Digital twins for machines and production equipment are an important part of the Industrial Internet of Things, or Industry 4.0 for short. Digital Twins use IoT data to optimize both production and products.

#Industry 4.0     #Smart Building

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Young woman with a smartphone in her hand looks ahead optimistically with a smile.

25.01.2021

Can the IoT Help Combat Coronavirus?

Can using IoT technology to measure the CO2 level in buildings help prevent coronavirus infections? An innovative solution creates transparency and provides an opportunity to take action.

#Smart Building

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A van with the logo of AVANT

16.09.2020

AVANT facility management: Direct routing, lower costs

50 vehicles, 350 employees and 500 objects: The AVANT Gebäudedienst GmbH team is on the road every day. Recently, an IoT-based solution took over fleet management. The result of the digitalization is clear.

#Transport and logistics     #Smart Building     #SMEs

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Smart meter, a power, gas and water meter, connected to the Internet

18.01.2019

Live test: NB-IoT proves indoor effectiveness

The wireless standard NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) makes smart metering more efficient. And now a large measurement test has shown that the transmission technology for building is more effective than all previous solutions.

#Network technology     #Smart Building

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