Smart Train Station: a representative IoT use case for Smart Buildings

Public services use IoT to improve the customer’s journey in the train station:
Kuzzle IoT provides real-time information and sends notifications for monitoring purposes in case of equipment and infrastructure malfunction (elevators, lights and escalators...)

Kuzzle has deployed its IoT solution to turn Aix-en-Provence TGV into a smart station. The aim of this project is to enable the station's equipment and infrastructure to report information in real time on dashboards or on a mobile application.

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Kuzzle is capable of collecting, ingesting and processing large volumes of heterogeneous data in real time.

• Controlling remotely and in real-time the station's different lighting zones: with the possibility of changing the light intensity in one click, directly from the mobile application developed by Kuzzle.
• Monitoring in real time the elevators and escalators: generating real-time alerts in the event of a  malfunction.Measuring the air quality in the station.
• Measuring on-site energy production and consumption from photovoltaic panels on the roof which supplies electricity to the charging stations of electric vehicles.

As an example Kuzzle IoT is capable of measuring the amount of electricity produced in the station giving real-time results in KwH. The results are displayed on a mobile/web application and can be analysed by using the latest open source analytics tools. The dashboard shows the results including energy production and consumption, to improve responsiveness when handling anomalies hence reducing energy costs.

What’s next?

In the future, the reporting of information on connected and intelligent devices will allow predefined predictive maintenance policies to be implemented as soon as a change of state is identified by the sensors.

THIS USE CASE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ROLE OF IOT IN SMART BUILDINGS AND COULD BE TRANSPOSED TO ANY INTELLIGENT BUILDING: SHOPPING CENTRES, AIRPORTS, OFFICE BUILDINGS, ETC.

Kuzzle demonstrates that digital transformation is not only for new buildings, but can also be applied to existing buildings. The renovation of existing buildings is a major step towards a more sustainable economy.

Read the French article : Detect station malfunctions via IoT, the bet of the start-up Kuzzle

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