These IoT applications that may be popular in 2018

Every year at this time, IoT Analytics, a well-known IoT research organization, will explore the specific implementation of IoT projects based on the numerous information in the market, and this year is no exception. As an important part of its tracking of the IoT ecosystem, IoT Analytics has integrated, verified and classified 1,600 IoT projects actually running in enterprises, structured them and summarized them into an easy-to-use database middle.

Based on the update of the database, IoT Analytics released the "2018 Top Internet of Things Project Ranking", which contains a large number of in-depth insights hidden behind the data. Only through this article, some of the insights are shared.

For comparison, we can first review the ranking of IoT applications in 2016:

Figure: Top IoT application rankings in 2016

The picture below is the updated "2018 Top Internet of Things Project Ranking":

Picture: 2018 Top Internet of Things Application Ranking

us Most of the IoT projects explored were in the smart cities (367) sector, followed by connected industry (265) and connected buildings (193). Geographically, the majority (45%) of IoT projects are concentrated in the United States, followed by Europe (35%) and Asia (16%). When looking at a specific type of IoT application, the geographical distribution is quite different: most smart city projects are located in Europe (45%); while in the Americas, especially North America, there are significant differences in smart healthcare (55%) and Internet of Vehicles. (54%) are very strong in the field; Asia/Pacific region performs more prominently in the field of smart agriculture (31%).

Compared to the 2016 rankings, smart city IoT applications (driven by government and municipal agencies) surpassed industrial IoT to become the most diverse area of ​​all IoT projects we studied; and connected buildings (driven by building automation solutions that can help owners improve operational efficiency and reduce costs) climbed four levels in a row and became the third largest category of IoT applications.

1. Smart City

The needs of traffic flow management and public utilities drive the development of IoT applications in smart cities

Smart City It is currently the largest category (23%) among the IoT projects we studied, surpassing the hottest industrial IoT in 2016. Recently, governments and municipalities around the world have launched hundreds of smart city innovations, with Singapore and Barcelona being prime examples.

Currently, the most popular smart city applications are smart transportation applications including smart parking systems, smart traffic monitoring, shared bicycles, smart bus dedicated roads and other projects. Of course, there are also some more distinctive applications, such as smart ferry systems or smart bus waiting rooms...

Other smart city innovations revolve around the utility fields focusing on lighting, environmental monitoring and public safety. . From a geographical perspective, Europe has the largest number of smart city projects (164).

2. Connected Industry

There are many excellent IoT projects in “non-factory” environments

Of the IoT projects we surveyed, 17% were related to industry Related. This field covers a wide range of connections, both "in-factory" and "outside the factory".

The most popular industrial IoT application is the monitoring of equipment in non-factory environments. Typical "non-factory" projects include monitoring cranes, forklifts, drilling wells, and even entire mines and oil fields (such as Cisco's Connected machines such as Western Australia and Rio Tinto Mining Group’s connected mining operation are remotely monitored.

"Smart factory" automation and control is the second most popular Industrial IoT application - including product production monitoring, wearable devices for industrial field personnel, remote control PLCs, and automated quality control systems (e.g. automotive Parts manufacturer Varroc is using Altizon's digital factory solution to connect its industrial equipment to a turnkey solution.

3. Connected Buildings

Since 2016, the number of IoT projects in the connected building category has increased the most

Compared with the research results in 2016, among all IoT projects Among project categories, IoT applications in connected buildings increased the most (by 7 percentage points). 61% of connected building projects involve building automation with the aim of reducing energy costs. Thirty-nine percent of projects were related to building safety, and 31% involved HVAC/refrigeration/heating.

Case

In the future, as the urban population increases and the consumer structure becomes younger, the demand for hotel stay experience will change significantly. As a result, from the beginning of hotel design and planning to implementation, construction, and operation, guest experience, service and management will become the focus, and new challenges will arise.

As a leader in the field of energy efficiency management and automation, Schneider Electric has always been deeply involved in the hotel industry and regards close cooperation with hotel management groups as one of its important development strategies. Relying on the new EcoStruxure architecture and platform, it targets hotels’ power and energy management, equipment management and operation and maintenance, intelligent means and digital applications, as well as guests’ higher needs in terms of safety, quietness, privacy, comfort and operability. , Schneider Electric has provided customized solutions for many hotels.

Since 2008, Hilton Hotel Group has deployed Schneider Electric smart hotel products in all its settings based on Schneider Electric Resource Advisor resource advisory system, and established a cloud software platform that can track energy costs. It coordinates the energy data of its 1,000 hotels through modular applications and regularly receives improvement suggestions from Schneider Electric, thereby unlocking energy-saving potential and using energy procurement support to save 3% of its annual energy expenses. In the first cooperation between the two parties This year, energy consumption was reduced by 14.5%.

In addition, Suzhou Wujiang Renaissance Hotel, Hong Kong Renaissance Harbor View Hotel, Shanghai Baohua Marriott Hotel, and even more hotels of different levels under the Marriott Group in the future will use Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure-based system and Services, including energy efficiency and sustainability consulting, intelligent power distribution systems, building automation, lighting, guest room solutions and UPS, enable energy efficiency cost savings of up to 10%-15%. The improvement of Marriott Group's energy efficiency is due to better system design and higher system integration.

4. Internet of Vehicles

The leading application is vehicle diagnosis and fleet management

Since the release of the Internet of Things project rankings in 2016, The number of vehicle network projects we counted has more than doubled, most of which are concentrated in the fields of vehicle-connected diagnostics (77%) and fleet management (57%) solutions.

For example, TracknStop, a remote monitoring software company located in Ireland, has released its vehicle diagnostic solution, including real-time tracking, sensor reading monitoring, and remote vehicle control.

5. Other Noteworthy Insights

Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity technology is developing rapidly

Of all projects we surveyed, 7% of IoT The project applies new and upcoming LPWAN technology. 64% of these projects are focused on smart cities, while other projects focus on smart agriculture and smart energy. Among these projects, LoRa technology accounts for 37%, followed by SigFox (21%) and NB-IoT (19%).

In the "Vodafone 2017 Internet of Things Market Barometer", they are also optimistic about the development of LPWAN

The report stated: Choosing the right connection service is crucial. As the number and types of devices used by users increase, and more complex projects need to be deployed, the demand for connection services will naturally increase. There are countless types of IoT projects, and the demand for connectivity services is naturally diverse.

Enterprises need to make the best choice for connectivity services for different purposes, but few businesses rely solely on one connectivity service solution. Nearly a quarter of the companies surveyed said they are considering using narrowband IoT to deploy IoT projects. This is the beginning of a new technology for low-power wide-area networks. Even those enterprises that have completed IoT deployment and are already using IoT are still interested in low-power wide-area networks (LP-WAN) (16% of IoT adopters). However, companies planning to deploy the Internet of Things are more interested in low-power wide-area networks. 28% of companies considering applying the Internet of Things are studying low-power wide-area networks (LP-WAN), which may set off a new wave of IoT applications. tide.

Most enterprise IoT projects focus on cost reduction

The primary value driver for most enterprise IoT projects is cost savings (54%); only 35% of IoT projects The purpose was to increase revenue (e.g., offering new IoT-related products and services); 24% of projects also increased the overall security of the enterprise (e.g., by providing enhanced monitoring systems with real-time alerts and notifications). )

The number of jobs in IoT companies is growing, but most are small-scale deployments

While this list of 1,600 IoT projects is not complete, our analysis can still Helps us conclude that the total number of IoT projects announced and launched globally is still very limited. Combining this list of IoT projects with other sets of data points, we believe the total number of global enterprise IoT projects (including unpublished IoT projects) is between 10,000-30,000.

This data range is consistent with our overall market model and our insights - the IoT market has not entered the explosive stage, but relies on many pilot projects and small-scale applications, and is still growing at a rate of 30-40% is growing steadily – with some verticals experiencing above-average growth, such as smart cities.

This steady growth trend is expected to continue until the end of 2018.

6. Other interesting materials

Finally, just for fun, share some unique IoT projects we found during our research:

In Scotland, a very cool project is using smart telemetry tags and NB-IoT technology to track and monitor the movement of seals. Marine scientists will monitor seal populations by attaching harmless telemetry tags to the fur on their heads. In this case, the ocean tag works in a similar way to a smartphone, relying on IoT technology to collect important information about the seal.

On the other side of North America, tornado monitoring solutions are providing predictive warning services to residents living in hazardous areas to save lives.

With climate change being such a hot topic at the moment, we're big fans of London's 'Smogmobile', a solution that includes greenhouses capable of measuring carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate pollutants. Sensors for gases, these pollutants are clearly harmful to health.

Finally, NASA is using connected Robonauts in space for air quality monitoring. NASA has always wanted to develop dexterous robot astronauts, so they developed the Robonauts series of robots to help or replace humans in working in space. NASA writes on its website: Space robots will perform simple, repetitive or dangerous tasks on the International Space Station. NASA has made great progress in the construction of space robots. In 2011, they successfully sent the robot Robonaut 2 to the International Space Station and controlled it remotely.