Customer: Stadtwerke Krefeld – municipal utility and infrastructure provider

Challenge: An existing energy-monitoring solution was inflexible and not integrated into broader analysis. A shared platform for energy management and IoT data was required

Solution: Implementation of the self-operated ThingsBoard IoT platform for device connectivity, data integration, analysis and visualization

Result: A flexibly extensible foundation for energy management, smart city applications, district-heating monitoring and digital groundwater-level measurement

Technologies: ThingsBoard, IoT device integration, time-series data, dashboards, data analytics and open interfaces

Approach: Practical testing with the freely available version, use of existing standard functionality and step-by-step expansion for different user groups

Special challenges: Diverse devices and data sources, multiple use cases on one platform, and independent operation and flexible further development

Measurable success: Data from 1,500 district-heating meters, planned hourly readings from 450 groundwater sensors, and inclusion in the German BAFA list of eligible systems ahead of schedule

Customer benefits: IoT and energy management on a single platform, less additional custom development, independent operation and greater transparency into consumption and savings potential

Long-term impact: A scalable foundation for additional digital services and new IoT use cases without separate silo solutions