Member companies Actility, Alliot Technologies, Netmore, ResIOT, Semtech and TEKTELIC to share demos and use cases illustrating how LoRaWAN supports the energy transition
Fremont, Calif. – October 2, 2024 – The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN® standard for internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today announced its participation at the upcoming Enlit conference in Milan, Italy, October 22-24, 2024. The Alliance will showcase its innovative LoRaWAN technology at Stand 6.C34, highlighting its transformative impact on energy management. Additionally, 38 LoRa Alliance members will showcase LoRaWAN throughout the exhibition.
As the leading LPWAN technology, the LoRaWAN standard connects smart meters and IoT sensors with utility applications to reduce energy consumption and waste. By enabling more efficient resource management, LoRaWAN plays a critical role in conserving natural resources while supporting the transition to a more sustainable future.
“The LoRaWAN standard is a critical technology supporting digitalization of the energy sector, with several million sensors already deployed globally and many times that slated for deployment over the next few years,” said Alper Yegin, interim CEO and Chair of the LoRa Alliance. “The technology is a natural fit for water and gas metering given its low-cost, low-power and long-range nature; the latter is key in providing coverage in most challenging RF conditions, such as reaching meters deep indoors, behind multiple walls and even around additional in-building obstacles (closets, furniture, etc.). Its support for end-to-end IPv6, DLMS/COSEM, relay functionality and firmware updates over the air (FUOTA) make it the most reliable networking technology to enable utility monitoring, management and optimization, thereby driving decarbonization and resource conservation.”
The LoRa Alliance booth will offer visitors a unique opportunity to experience how LoRaWAN is being deployed across energy sectors, with LoRa Alliance member companies demonstrating a variety of solutions that are already deployed in the market. The booth will also feature a wall of LoRaWAN CertifiedCM devices, showing the diversity and broad availability of certified devices supporting utilities applications.
TECHNICAL DEMOS
- Actility‘s demo highlights LoRaWAN Relay, FUOTA and DLMS/COSEM integration for smart utilities. LoRaWAN Relay extends network coverage for smart meters in remote areas, ensuring continuous communication. FUOTA allows seamless, secure firmware updates over the air, enhancing meter management. DLMS/COSEM over LoRaWAN ensures industry-standard data communication and interoperability for a well-established utility standard. Together, these advanced features bring the power of LoRaWAN to the utility market.
- With Semtech’s “LR1121 Modem-E” wireless platform, dual connectivity solutions for LoRaWAN and W-Mbus can be more easily created to complement existing W-Mbus deployments for smart water or gas metering. This offers a smooth migration toward LoRaWAN or supports two different methods of data collection with the same hardware using LoRaWAN connectivity where coverage is available, otherwise using W-Mbus’ Walk-By/Drive-By method.
FEATURED USE CASES
- Actility will highlight its deployments of millions of smart water meters using LoRaWAN in France. With partners Birdz and Veolia, this smart water meters project is increasing water management efficiency from distribution to consumption and is greatly improving customer service. Benefits include more accurate billing, water conservation, theft reduction and innovative, ecological pricing models. The platform gives customers insight into their water use, thus enabling them to change their behavior and increase savings.
- Alliot Technologies will share how it supports its partners to optimize their energy use, from water metering to monitoring electric consumption and overall indoor environmental conditions, thereby helping facility managers, estate managers and blue-chip companies pave the way toward more sustainable initiatives.
- Netmore will showcase its large-scale water metering and property sector deployments, in which smart meter and energy monitoring data analysis can reduce water wastage by almost 40% and drive savings of energy and operation costs. Inefficiencies identified by predictive analytics in both use cases are leading to a shift to more efficient energy consumption and savings on energy costs. These benefits align with broader sustainability goals, supporting both resource conservation and a reduction in carbon emissions.
- ResIOT will share three use cases. The first is its LoRaWAN solution to measure energy consumption in factories during production, which is the first step toward reducing CO2 and energy use. Its second showcases solar power monitoring that is used to ensure all modules are up and running as expected, allowing for rapid repair in case of failure before significant loss of generated power can occur. The third will show how its technology is being used by Italian utilities to monitor water consumption.
- Semtech will share customer PVH’s Solar Tracking System, which is deployed in 650 projects globally and uses LoRaWAN to improve reliability in renewable energy production through individual management of solar panels. The solution ensures optimal panel alignment with the sun throughout the day, while rapidly adjusting to high winds by automatically shifting panels to a safe stow position.
- TEKTELIC will show how it supports the digitalization of utilities through efficient smart energy management to address energy waste, unplanned maintenance and faulty equipment. Its customer DS Energy offers a low-cost LoRaWAN energy-management solution that typically leads to consumption savings of 10% to 20% in operational locations. In one example, restructuring operations of a single tool drove a decrease in power usage of 90,000 kWh per year, resulting in approximately 38,000 euros of annual savings.
About LoRa Alliance®
The LoRa Alliance® is an open, nonprofit association that has become one of the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector since its inception in 2015. Its members closely collaborate and share expertise to develop and promote the LoRaWAN® standard, which is the de facto global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity. LoRaWAN has the technical flexibility to address a broad range of IoT applications, both fixed and mobile, and a robust LoRaWAN Certification program to guarantee that devices perform as specified. The LoRaWAN standard has been deployed by more than 170 major mobile network operators globally, with connectivity available worldwide. More information: lora-alliance.org
LoRa Alliance®, LoRaWAN® and LoRaWAN CertifiedCM are registered marks.
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“These awards celebrate the relentless efforts and achievements of our distinguished members who drive the continuous innovation and growth of the LoRaWAN standard,” said Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “Over the past year, leaders within the Alliance came together for meaningful collaborations, spearheading industry innovation and advancing the LoRaWAN standard. Their dedication and hard work have catapulted LoRaWAN to new heights within the LPWAN and IoT markets.”
“The simple fact is that IoT needs certified devices to ramp to billions of sensor deployments,” said Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “The tremendous benefit of certification – knowing that devices are correctly configured and will perform as intended – truly underlies the market’s trust in a technology’s ability to scale. LoRaWAN already has the most certified devices and the largest variety of certified devices in the LPWAN space, and the programs announced today follow through on our commitment to continuously accelerate and simplify the certification process for end-device manufacturers. Additionally, we’re excited to have a new ATL in Brazil to expedite the certification process in that region.”
“É evidente que a IoT precisa de dispositivos certificados para acompanhar a implantação de bilhões de sensores,” afirmou Donna Moore, a CEO e Diretora da LoRa Alliance. “A grande vantagem da certificação – com dispositivos configurados corretamente para funcionarem como previstos – demonstra a confiança do mercado na capacidade dessa tecnologia de evoluir. A LoRaWAN já tem a maioria dos dispositivos certificados e a maior variedade de dispositivos certificados no ambiente LPWAN, e os programas anunciados hoje vêm reforçar a nossa determinação de acelerar e simplificar permanentemente o processo de certificação para os fabricantes de dispositivos finais. Além disso, nós estamos muito entusiasmados com o novo ATL no Brasil para dinamizar o processo de certificação nessa região.”
“One of LoRaWAN’s strengths since its initial development is its unsurpassed network flexibility among LPWAN technologies, which is driving strong growth across all network types,” said Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “The ability to deploy LoRaWAN solutions over public, private, satellite, community or hybrid networks is a key differentiator that is critical for massive IoT. Given the huge variety of IoT solutions and the diversity of end-user and end-market requirements, all network types are critical to give solution developers ultimate control as they scale their deployments. I am very excited to welcome Alex and Joey to the board of directors; their extensive experience with building private and community LoRaWAN networks will be invaluable as the LoRa Alliance continues to advance the standard to fulfill the promise of IoT.”
“IIoT is a huge, growing market actively leveraging robust, open and standards-based networking options suitable for large-scale deployments, like LoRaWAN,” said Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “For many industrial use cases, LoRaWAN offers the best solution for reliable, secure, scalable and cost-effective communication. It can also be deployed as privately operated networks, a benefit for many customers. LoRaWAN has become the global standard for low-bandwidth communication in industrial applications by continuing to support innovation, interoperability, security and scalability. I am pleased to welcome Stefan to the board to leverage his significant experience and expertise to support our ongoing leadership in this market.”
“The value of bringing together the global LoRaWAN ecosystem cannot be overstated,” said Donna Moore, CEO and chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “LoRaWAN Live is consistently the ‘must-attend’ event for end users seeking to find solutions and deploy the technology, as well as for companies developing products and solutions using LoRaWAN. This year’s program will build on our recent successes across smart cities, buildings and utilities and will showcase LoRaWAN’s strengths for accelerating deployments across industrial sectors. We’re returning to Germany because of its historic leadership in industry and manufacturing, and central to the program is how smart industry leverages LoRaWAN to meet the sustainability, productivity and workforce goals of Industry 5.0. I look forward to connecting with our global audience to discover the latest LoRaWAN developments, find solutions and learn how to grow business.”