A remotely monitored solar power providing sound barrier and a real-time household energy data marketplace are among the finalists in the Data for Net Zero category of the 2024 Australian IoT Awards.
The awards are the official awards program of IoT Alliance Australia, Australia’s peak industry body for Internet of Things (IoT), and IoT Hub.
The entries provide a snapshot of how IoT is being used to advance productivity, security and sustainability across Australian industry and government, from water and energy to manufacturing and government services.
Winners of IoT Awards categories will be announced over networking drinks and canapes at the culmination of the 2024 IoT Impact conference on June 13 at UTS in Sydney.
In its fifth year, the IoT Impact conference and exhibition will explore, debate and uncover how Australia organisations can achieve sustainability goals, achieve trust and implement IoT technologies to create a data smart Australia. Purchase tickets and see the IoT Impact Conference agenda here.
The Data for Net Zero Award finalists
Alpha Solar Technologies’ Solar Sound Barrier
This pilot project aimed to mitigate noise pollution from such locations as highways, railways and industrial sites while harnessing solar energy for electricity generation.
Energy is stored in a battery that can be used to charge electric vehicles and power electric appliances.
A remote real-time monitoring system monitors solar power generation, weather, energy consumption, battery system status, inverter performance and fault detection and diagnostics.
City of Perth’s publication of live solar generation data from IoT sensors to inform its community about net zero goals
The City of Perth is using live, publicly shared IoT data from its solar photo voltaic sites with the goal of informing and increasing public support for net zero projects.
The project combines data from multiple sites, using an existing Azure Data Lake to make the process cost effective. City of Perth added an API, created a visualisation and shared it on an Open Data portal. No custom coding was required.
By having real-time high-resolution data, engineers have been able to advise on the feasibility of a community battery more accurately on site.
Wattwatchers MyEnergy Marketplace "living lab" for real-time household energy data
Conceived as a ‘people’s energy data bank’ in 2017, the Wattwatchers MyEnergy Marketplace (MEM) has since become operational as a resource for research, innovation and services for the clean energy transition and the electrification of mobility and the built environment.
The marketplace makes more than 5,000 household, community and small business customer data sets available.
It includes highly-granular electrical data, down to individual circuits covering grid connections (imports and any exports), rooftop solar generation if present, and typical appliance loads such as electric hot water, air-conditioning, pool pumps and EV chargers.
Thank you to all entrants
If your entry isn’t a finalist, that does not mean the judges thought it was without merit. Separating the nominations was not always straightforward. Thank you for giving the judges the opportunity to learn more about your achievements.
A special thank you to the award judges who brought valuable knowledge in key domains to the judging process.
We also thank IoT Skills Australia for making the 2024 IoT Awards possible though their sponsorship.
The IoT Impact conference will be held in Sydney on 13 June, 2024, at the Great Hall, UTS. Purchase tickets and see the IoT Impact Conference agenda here
