Zumtobel – Smart Building Solutions: Zumtobel Group Presenting New IoT Product Brand
Dornbirn, Austria – As part of Light + Building 2024, the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building technology in Frankfurt am Main, the Zumtobel Group’s new IoT product brand Keyture will be presented for the first time at the company’s stand in the Messe Forum from 3 to 8 March.
Keyture is the Zumtobel Group’s new cloud-based connectivity and IoT ecosystem.
Its intelligent key features support the Zumtobel Group brands Thorn and Zumtobel to optimise the use of their luminaires in professional sensor-supported lighting systems to enable their operation with maximum energy efficiency.
We see great future potential in this new IoT system. It supports the cost-efficient and intelligent operation of property lighting and can make an important contribution to the decarbonisation of buildings.
— Alfred Felder, CEO of the Zumtobel Group
Keyture applications
The modular structured, multifunctional software suite is based on intelligent sensors and includes solutions to maximise energy reduction (control), provide the necessary information for maintenance and the monitoring of sustainability goals (report), real-time space optimization (view), identify and follow objects (locate), as well as environmental and operational excellence monitoring (sense). The focus will be on the “Industry & Retail” application area.
After the first presentation at the Light + Building trade fair, Keyture will be available to customers starting in autumn 2024. It will form the core portfolio for Smart Building Solutions. The Zumtobel Group acquired the rights to the SiteWorx IoT software developed by Digital Lumens (with exclusive rights for Europe) in autumn 2023 and has now successfully integrated this software in the product offering for its Smart Building Solutions.
Siemens partnership
The future focus on IoT is underscored by the Zumtobel Group’s ecosystem partnership that was recently signed on 29 February 2024 with Siemens and Enlighted, a leading building technology company that is part of Siemens. This strategic partnership is designed to bundle the know-how for smart buildings and jointly offer innovative solutions. The focus lies, above all, on the following application areas: commercial buildings, higher education and smart hospitals.
With the support of our new Keyture product brand and the new Siemens and Enlighted partnership, we will be present in a market that we have not developed to date – in particular, with a focus on wireless IoT solutions.
— Alfred Felder, CEO of the Zumtobel Group
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More information on Thorn Lighting by Zumtobel: http://www.thornlighting.com/ + Thorn manufactures and supplies dependable, efficient, high-quality lighting. Our extensive portfolio of indoor and outdoor lighting is developed to address the needs of wholesalers, contractors, specifiers and end users, for the widest range of applications. Our name is recognised throughout the world as standing for quality, reliability and ease of use. Supported by 90 years of expertise, we are proud to be known as a trusted partner, providing customers with invaluable insight and support beyond the product. We are also a Smart City specialist, helping municipalities improve safety and wellbeing through connectivity and intelligence. In indoor lighting, our innovative solutions create comfortable, efficient light for living and working. Thorn is proud to be a member of the Zumtobel Group.
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More information on Siemens Smart Infrastructure: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/about/businesses/smart-infrastructure.html + Smart Infrastructure is shaping the market for intelligent, adaptive infrastructure for today and the future. It addresses the pressing challenges of urbanization and climate change by connecting energy systems, buildings, and industries. SI provides customers with a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio from a single source – with products, systems, solutions, and services from the point of power generation all the way to consumption. With an increasingly digitalized ecosystem, it helps customers thrive and communities progress while contributing toward protecting the planet. Siemens Smart Infrastructure has its global headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. As of September 30, 2023, the business had around 75,000 employees worldwide
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More information on Xcelerator by Siemens: https://www.sw.siemens.com/en-US/digital-transformation/ + Xcelerator provides the engineering and manufacturing software, services and application development platform to blur the boundaries between industry domains. Companies can use this technology today to build the products of tomorrow. Turn complexity into your competitive advantage with Xcelerator.
Siemens Xcelerator consists of three pillars:
- Portfolio: A curated, modular portfolio of IOT-enabled hardware and software based on standard application programming interfaces, facilitating the integration of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).
- Ecosystem: A growing ecosystem of partners.
- Marketplace: Interactions and transactions among customers, partners and developers.
More information on Xcelerator Marketplace by Siemens: https://marketplace.siemens.com/global/en.html + Siemens Xcelerator is an open digital business platform that enables customers to accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster and at scale. Access a curated portfolio of connected hardware and software, a powerful ecosystem of partners, and an extensive marketplace.
More information on Enlighted by Siemens: https://www.enlightedinc.com/ai/ + Enlighted is a Siemens-owned company. With the dynamic energy of a start-up and the backing of a global powerhouse, we are a human-centered proptech company that creates positive transformation wherever space, people, and work meet.
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More information on Light+Building 2024 (3-8 March 2024, Frankfurt, Germany): https://light-building.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en.html + The international meeting place for the lighting and building services technology sector will open again in 2024 on the usual date from 3 to 8 March at the Exhibition Grounds in Frankfurt am Main. The focus will be on lighting trends in all their facets, the electrification and digitalisation of home and building service technology and connected security technology.
Light + Building underlines the central importance of electrification with the claim “Be electrified”. At the international meeting place for the sector, the focus is on technical innovations to move forward on the path to a sustainable future.
More information on Wolfgang Marzin (President and Chief Executive Officer, Messe Frankfurt): https://www.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/company/management.html
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More information on Digital Lumens by Siteworx Software USA LLC: https://digitallumens.com/ + https://siteworxsoftware.com/ + SiteWorx Software now owns the Digital Lumens brands, including the software and software development licenses, service contracts, trademarks, domain names, hardware inventory, and all of the other critical corporate assets of the internationally known brands, having executed an all-encompassing Asset Purchase Agreement with Digital Lumens, Inc. The key members of Digital Lumens’ former development, software, and service teams have joined Siteworx Software to continue developing and maintaining SiteWorx™ as the leading global lighting management and resource monitoring platform.
Siteworx is a Design Build Run consultancy crafting digital experience solutions. We focus on content and commerce. We specialize in lean and iterative delivery. We accelerate time-to-value. We achieve business objectives faster and with minimized risk. We deliver craftsmen-level solutions with boutique-level service. We strive to build a world where digital systems give our clients the freedom to grow.
We give you a clear view of your facility’s current status and activity level, helping you increase efficiency, cut costs — and achieve your business goals. Our SiteWorx® Facility Insights solution can meter, monitor, and observe almost any element of your operation, giving your people the data and insights they need to do their jobs effectively and safely under all conditions. And we help your facility meet its sustainability goals. That’s Facility Wellness. We help thousands of diverse industrial facilities — and the people working there — achieve it. Every shift, every day, year after year.
More information on Rob Winchester (Chief Executive Officer, Siteworx Software USA LLC): https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertwinchester2021/
EMR Additional Notes:
- IoT (Internet of Things):
- The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a system of interrelated, internet-connected objects that are able to collect and transfer data over a wireless network without human intervention.
- Describes the network of physical objects—“things”—that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the internet.
- The Most Popular IoT Devices are:
- Smart watches are the most popular IoT devices. …
- Gaming consoles. …
- Smart TV sets and content streaming devices. …
- Voice control devices. …
- Printers. …
- Cameras. …
- Lighting appliances. …
- Smart thermostats.
- IIoT (Industrial IoT):
- Industrial IoT (IIoT) involves collecting and analyzing sensor-generated data to support equipment monitoring and maintenance, production process analytics and control, and more. In manufacturing IT since 1989, ScienceSoft offers IIoT consulting and development to create secure IIoT solutions.
- xIoT (xTended Internet of Things):
- xIoT refers to the “xTended” Internet of Things. This xTended IoT category spans Enterprise IoT devices (cameras, printers, and door controllers), OT devices (like PLCs, HMI’s, and robotics) and Network devices (like switches, WiFi routers, and NAS).
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2):
- Primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities. Carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil), solid waste, trees and other biological materials, and also as a result of certain chemical reactions (e.g., manufacture of cement). Carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere (or “sequestered”) when it is absorbed by plants as part of the biological carbon cycle.
- Biogenic Carbon Dioxide (CO2):
- Carbon Dioxide released as a result of the combustion or decomposition of organic material, that is biomass and its derivatives. Examples include carbon dioxide released during the combustion of wood and biogas generated by decomposition.
- Biogenic Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) are the same. Scientists differentiate between biogenic carbon (that which is absorbed, stored and emitted by organic matter like soil, trees, plants and grasses) and non-biogenic carbon (that found in all other sources, most notably in fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas).
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS):
- CCS involves the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial processes, such as steel and cement production, or from the burning of fossil fuels in power generation. This carbon is then transported from where it was produced, via ship or in a pipeline, and stored deep underground in geological formations.
- CCS projects typically target 90 percent efficiency, meaning that 90 percent of the carbon dioxide from the power plant will be captured and stored.
- Decarbonization:
- Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through the use of low carbon power sources, achieving a lower output of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
- Carbon Footprint:
- There is no universally agreed definition of what a carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is generally understood to be the total amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are directly or indirectly caused by an individual, organization, product, or service. These emissions are typically measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).
- In 2009, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) published a standard for calculating and reporting corporate carbon footprints. This standard is widely accepted by businesses and other organizations around the world. The GHG Protocol defines a carbon footprint as “the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, directly and indirectly, through its own operations and the value chain.”
