IoT Solution for Mobile Energy Needs
On construction projects, I have an accurate overview of my mobile energy units at anytime from anywhere.
energy4rent is one of the market leaders in the rental of mobile heating systems. In order to make energy consumption even more transparent and efficient, energy4rent chose a Switzercloud IoT solution for a construction project in the Austrian district of St. Johann im Pongau. Our local Switzercloud partner and integrator of the IoT project is Austrian company Kelmin.
Electric air heaters were retrofitted by Kelmin with IoT devices. These recognize each start and stop of the heater and immediately send the new status via LoRaWAN® to the Switzercloud where the data is processed and saved. This means that, at any moment, energy4rent knows which heater has been in use and its running duration, so it can transparently see the energy consumption for the corresponding operating time accordingly. Additionally, the temperature and humidity of heated rooms on the construction site are monitored with other IoT devices. In conjunction with the heating times, the climate values provide important insights to all parties involved: rooms too cold / humidity too high, or even potential issues with the heaters. A total of around 40 IoT devices are in use on 7 floors. Using these IoT devices means costly and inconvenient cabling is unnecessary. All the heaters can be redeployed simply and quickly to another room or even to another construction site.
Naturally, the customer, in this case a leading European construction company, also has access to the clearly displayed data on the Switzercloud.
Electric air heaters were retrofitted by Kelmin with IoT devices. These recognize each start and stop of the heater and immediately send the new status via LoRaWAN® to the Switzercloud where the data is processed and saved. This means that, at any moment, energy4rent knows which heater has been in use and its running duration, so it can transparently see the energy consumption for the corresponding operating time accordingly. Additionally, the temperature and humidity of heated rooms on the construction site are monitored with other IoT devices. In conjunction with the heating times, the climate values provide important insights to all parties involved: rooms too cold / humidity too high, or even potential issues with the heaters. A total of around 40 IoT devices are in use on 7 floors. Using these IoT devices means costly and inconvenient cabling is unnecessary. All the heaters can be redeployed simply and quickly to another room or even to another construction site.
Naturally, the customer, in this case a leading European construction company, also has access to the clearly displayed data on the Switzercloud.
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Partner's Opinion
Dr. Georg Patay, Managing Director energy4rent GmbH
With Switzercloud IoT devices, exact usage data from each unit is captured and sent to our database. Meaning we are able to offer our customer an optimised and efficient energy system to rent. For energy4rent, the real benefit of the chosen solution is its Plug and Play smart functionality without the need for any complex installation of decentralized electricity meters
Integrator's Opinion
Alexander Jordan, Managing Director Kelmin Abrechnungs- und Dienstleistungs GmbH
We use Switzercloud as our toolkit to explore different IoT solutions and service models that compliment our core business and differentiate us in the marketplace.
Austrian based energy4rent is one of the market leaders in the rental of mobile heating, cooling, steam and power. Their mobile energy units provide temporary & emergency solutions for various industries including construction, warehouses, hospitals, food industry and industrial plants to name a few.
Formed as a joint intitiative between KELAG Energie & Wärme GmbH and Minol Beteiligungs GmbH (part of the global Brunata-Minol-ZENNER Group), Kelmin offers a wide range of services to homes, buildings, cities and industries including integrated solutions for heating billing and innovative IoT & digitization solutions.
Brunata AG develops innovative and scalable IoT end-to-end solutions for cities, service companies and utilities. Brunata customers and partners have at their disposal a complete package of sensors and devices as well as communication networks and comprehensive end applications.
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