Johannes Fürst

New LoRaWAN Sensor System – Uncovering Energy Waste in Existing Plants

Thomas-Krenn.AG is Europe’s leading manufacturer of individual server and storage systems and a true hardware specialist. Its customers include medium-sized companies, large corporations, small and large system houses, public institutions and data center operators. Technology partner IFOX Systems has made it its business to show industrial companies how much money they are unnecessarily spending and where. And not only that: they provide concrete solutions for process optimization. The two have teamed up to implement a complete energy solution – with hardware and software platform providing data on energy consumption at the individual component level. The aim is to uncover energy wastage – especially in existing plants in the field. Thomas-Krenn also says: “We are our own business case! It affected us ourselves with an old gas heating system – 2,500 EUR because of an incorrect heating setting!”. The digital house connection meter was equipped with a LoRaWAN sensor. In this podcast episode, you will hear about how the data analysis works in detail, the various technological challenges involved, and a comprehensive explanation of the solution. Click here for the configurator: Smart Meter | Thomas-Krenn.AG