A project automating monitoring of large sections of pipe assets worth $1.7 billion, and a city’s smart water and electricity monitoring project, are among the finalists in the Remote Monitoring 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 Remote Monitoring Award finalists:

City of Perth’s smart water and electricity monitoring project which publicly shares IoT insights and informs sustainability initiatives

This project for remote monitoring of drinking water and electricity use in council owned buildings aimed to improve environmental outcomes and achieve financial savings

The use of the existing BMS was innovative. It substantially reduced the technical complexity of the project and reduced data integration risk

Data was centralised in an existing City of Perth Smart Cities Azure data lake, with summary dashboards were produced for the public and detailed analytic and diagnostic dashboard tools prepared for internal stakeholders.

Sunshine Coast Council’s Sugar Bag Road Mountain Bike Track IoT monitoring service

The council’s Smart Cities Team provided this remote monitoring service to help branch staff gain real-time and historical data insights to inform budget requests and park maintenance decisions.

The team provided reliable, near real-time data about mountain bike track uses, using sensors across the park and trails to collect and monitor data that identifies use patterns, environmental conditions, and evaluates user experiences.

It helps identify areas of high use that may require priority maintenance and monitors environmental impacts caused by heavy rainfall.

SA Water’s Predictive Cathodic Protection Maintenance IoT Project

This project is helping automate testing of a system that protects sections of SA Water’s ~$1.7 billion worth of pipe assets, and also aims to help SA Water planners make more informed long-term capital investment decisions.

Large sections of SA Water pipes are protected through an electrochemical process, the Cathodic Protection System, which prevents or reduces corrosion.

SA Water integrated a range of IoT devices from Corrosion Instruments for measuring variables, with telemetry sent to a central cloud-based platform to analyse and visualise the data over a combination of communication methods (LoRaWAN, Cellular & Low-Earth Orbit satellite).

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.