Coming off a record year for residential solar panel installations in 2023, the integration of the IoT and with solar energy systems is revolutionising how South Africans view home efficiency and energy independence.
IoT analyst firm Berg Insight predicts substantial growth in active fleet management systems deployed across commercial vehicle fleets in Australia and New Zealand.
In a recent interview at IoT Tech Expo Europe, Violeta Mitsova, the co-founder of MClimate, shed light on the company's approach to designing sustainable and efficient smart building solutions. Focusing on LoRaWAN technology, MClimate pioneers a path towards energy-efficient, secure, and easily accessible IoT systems. Mitsova highlighted MClimate's emphasis on LoRaWAN technology due to its extended battery life enabling every device to last up to a decade. By combining LoRaWAN with solar panels, MClimate creates sustainable devices from the outset. "We really focus on designing sustainable devices from the start, focusing on energy consumption, battery life, and no maintenance," says Mitsova. LoRaWAN also helps MClimate address security concerns with the IoT, including ensuring individual keys for each device to make unauthorised access practically impossible. MClimate views educating consumers as key addressing past IoT misconceptions and showcasing the evolution o