In 2023 an IoT Connectivity Platform pilot project was implemented, which is intended for users from the state administration. Technically it focuses on a key challenge, i.e. how to connect various IoT end devices like sensors, actuators, meters, dedicated devices, buildings etc. with a single common platform, considering that these end devices may communicate wirelessly or via wired connections, generally using different transmission and data protocols and formats. The purpose of the IoT Connectivity Platform is to provide some sort of common denominator for all these various end devices by enforcing NGSI-LD specifications through the use of the FIWARE Context Broker central building block.
The first user of the platform is the Tangible Assets Directorate at the Ministry of Public Administration, which manages approximately 350 buildings and continiously carries out energy renovation project on these buildings. The IoT Connectivity Platform is currently used to gather data from sensors and meters installed in these buildings in order to meet rather detailed energy bookkeeping requirements. In the future, however, the same platform will also be used for advanced energy management in buildings. Other potential users of the platform are also other ministries, government departments, state offices, state agencies as well as administrative units.
The IoT connectivity platform used for advanced energy management in buildings will significantly improve their energy efficiency and can therefore be considered fully in line with the EU's climate and green goals of reducing emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and reaching the target, that the EU will be climate neutral by 2050, as agreed by the Council and the European Parliament. In addition, it will help conserve non-renewable energy sources such as oil and gas, thereby reducing associated costs.