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IoT service platform for smart commercial real estate

Lichtwart digitally connects buildings with service technicians: The Herford-based company‘s IoT solution monitors light, energy and building technology in real time and saves up to 60 percent in operating costs.

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"From gas stations to lottery outlets, from hardware stores to supermarkets – we can connect all types of commercial real estate via Deutsche Telekom's reliable IoT network."

Johannes Mailänder, Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Lichtwart

3 steps to a successful IoT Use Case

Challenge

Gas stations, car dealerships or supermarkets depend on functioning building technology. However, operators often have no transparency about the condition of their sites and often only react when employees or customers report problems. These can be annoying failures in lighting or incorrectly adjusted air conditioning and heating systems that consume energy unnecessarily. In addition, service technicians often have to be called out several times because faults can only be localized on site or the right spare part is missing.

Solution

Lichtwart has developed an automated service platform that intelligently networks building technology. The heart of the system is an IoT module that is connected to the cloud via LTE. The solution enables lighting management, condition and energy monitoring as well as building automation for commercial properties. In the event of malfunctions, the system automatically sends alarms to the responsible technicians. Operators monitor all locations via a central web interface.

Customer benefit

The dynamic lighting control system automatically adjusts the brightness of the lighting on buildings or advertising installations to the ambient light, thus saving up to 60 percent on energy costs. In the event of malfunctions, technicians know in advance what the problem is and which spare part is needed. Anomalies in electricity or water consumption are detected at an early stage before high additional payments are incurred. Global connectivity via the Deutsche Telekom network enables reliable, and secure deployment worldwide.

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