At a glance
- Client
- A municipal corporationName withheld for confidentiality
- Industry
- Public Services
- Service
- IoT Digital Engineering
- Scope
- Sensor network, IoT platform and command centre dashboards
The challenge
City departments ran street lighting, traffic signals, water and buildings separately, with little live information. Problems were found through complaints, and energy use was largely unknown.
Each department had bought its own systems, none of which shared data.
Our approach
Prioritise use cases
We worked with departments to choose high-value starting points: lighting, traffic and water.
Deploy sensors at scale
Connected sensors were installed across streets, junctions, pumps and buildings.
Unify on one platform
Data from all departments flows into a shared, open IoT platform.
Run a command centre
Live dashboards and alerts support daily operations and planning.
The solution
City teams now see energy use, traffic flow and infrastructure status in real time. Faults are often fixed before residents notice, and lighting adjusts to need.
New use cases can be added to the same platform without buying another standalone system.
Results
- One platform shared by all departments
- Faults detected before complaints arrive
- Live energy and traffic insight for planning
- Open architecture for future use cases
Technology used
- LoRaWAN
- NB-IoT
- IoT platform
- GIS dashboards
- Open data APIs
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