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Bottrop

IoT Service Provider & Solutions.
In Bottrop.

From LoRaWAN network planning to energy monitoring and managed IoT hosting – your IoT service provider for Bottrop and the Innovation City Ruhr. GDPR-compliant, personal, on-site.

IoT & Smart City Solutions for Bottrop's Climate Transformation

Bottrop is the Innovation City Ruhr – the flagship project for climate-friendly urban transformation in the Ruhr Area. Since the closure of the Prosper-Haniel colliery in 2018, the city has been fully committed to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and intelligent infrastructure. Whether energy monitoring for retrofitted buildings, PV system surveillance on brownfield sites, or smart city sensors: we host the IoT platforms that support Bottrop's transformation with data-driven insights.

German Data Centers

Your IoT stack on GDPR-compliant servers in Germany. Data sovereignty and compliance for Bottrop-based companies, municipalities, and climate protection projects.

24/7 Platform Monitoring

Around-the-clock monitoring of your IoT infrastructure. Proactive alerting on failures, automatic scaling, and continuous performance optimization for Bottrop's energy and environmental data.

Dedicated Contact Person

A dedicated contact who understands Bottrop's specifics – from the Innovation City quarters to the former mining sites. On-site deployments when needed, fast response times.

IoT Services in Bottrop

Managed IoT Hosting

ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Bottrop-based companies and climate protection projects – you focus on your core business.

LoRaWAN Network Deployment & Hardware

Complete LoRaWAN network deployment in Bottrop: hardware selection (Milesight gateways & sensors), radio coverage analysis for the urban area and brownfield sites, on-site gateway installation, and network server configuration.

IoT Platform & App Development

End-to-end development of your IoT solution: custom web apps, mobile apps, and dashboards for energy monitoring, CO2 tracking, and smart city data. From platform setup to finished application – cloud or on-premise.

IoT Applications in Bottrop

Innovation City Quarters & Retrofitted Buildings

Innovation City Climate Protection IoT

Hosting the IoT platform for energy monitoring in energy-retrofitted buildings, CO2 reduction tracking, and smart home integration across the Innovation City quarter. Real-time dashboards for consumption analysis and climate protection KPIs.

Tech Stack

ThingsBoard, Grafana, ChirpStack

Former Industrial Sites & Prosper Area

Renewable Energy Monitoring

Hosted monitoring platform for solar and PV systems, heat pumps, and battery storage on former mining and industrial sites. Yield forecasting, anomaly detection, and automated reporting.

Tech Stack

Grafana, Node-RED, MQTT

Brownfield Sites & Bottrop Urban Area

Smart City Pilot Projects

Central hosting for intelligent street lighting, environmental sensors, and air quality monitoring on brownfield conversion sites. Automatic threshold alerting and integration with municipal control systems.

Tech Stack

ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Milesight

These are just examples – we serve many industries and use cases.

The Technology Behind Your IoT Infrastructure

Open-source stack optimized for energy and environmental monitoring: ChirpStack for LoRaWAN network management, ThingsBoard for device control and rule engine, Grafana for visualizing climate and energy data. Hosted on Linux servers with TLS encryption, automatic backups, and regular security updates.

15+ km

Range

10+ years

Battery

IP67

Protection

868 MHz

EU Frequency

Milesight

Hardware Expertise with Milesight

We rely on Milesight and know the product portfolio inside out – from environmental sensors to LoRaWAN gateways to industrial controllers. We advise, source and integrate the right hardware for your use case.

Milesight hardware ships worldwide – we deliver pre-configured and firmware-updated, ready to deploy.

We also work with hardware from other manufacturers – whether proprietary or open-source. What matters is that it works reliably and integrates into our stack.

Our IoT Service Area

From Bottrop, we manage IoT infrastructure across the entire Emscher-Lippe region and the northern Ruhr Area.

Bottrop City Center & Kirchhellen
Innovation City Quarter & Prosper
Boy & Welheim
Eigen & Batenbrock

FAQ about IoT in Bottrop

Answers about our IoT services in Bottrop – from energy efficiency monitoring and network deployment to platform development and managed operations for climate protection, renewable energy, and smart city.

Themen

Innovation City & Climate Protection

Through real-time energy monitoring in retrofitted buildings, automated consumption analysis, and CO2 reduction tracking. LoRaWAN sensors capture heating consumption, room climate, and electricity usage – the hosted platform aggregates the data into climate protection KPIs and identifies savings potential.

Yes. Via MQTT and HTTP interfaces, we integrate smart home systems such as KNX, Zigbee, or Z-Wave into the central IoT platform. This allows building automation and energy monitoring to be consolidated across entire quarters and analyzed in real time.

Yes. We develop customized dashboards for CO2 accounting at building, quarter, and city level. The platform calculates reduction values, compares actual against target figures, and generates automatic reports for municipal climate protection reporting.

LoRaWAN & Hardware

Bottrop's compact urban structure and open brownfield sites provide excellent conditions for LoRaWAN. A few strategically placed gateways – for example on the Tetraeder hill or on municipal buildings – reliably cover large parts of the urban area.

For brownfield sites, we deploy robust outdoor sensors: soil moisture, air quality (PM2.5, PM10, NO2), temperature, and solar irradiance. Milesight sensors with IP67 protection rating are designed for harsh environments on former industrial sites like the Prosper grounds.

Yes. Via Modbus and M-Bus bridges, existing meters, heat quantity meters, and building controls can be integrated into the LoRaWAN network. This allows legacy buildings to be digitized without extensive rewiring.

Platform & Development

Yes. Beyond standard dashboards in Grafana and ThingsBoard, we build custom web apps and mobile apps – for example, quarter-level energy overviews, CO2 cockpits for city administration, or tenant apps with individual consumption feedback.

Our stack: ChirpStack as the LoRaWAN network server, ThingsBoard for device management and rule engine, Grafana for real-time dashboards, and Node-RED for data flow automation. Custom apps are built with React, Next.js, and React Native.

Yes. Via ThingsBoard and Node-RED, we integrate LoRaWAN, MQTT, HTTP, and Modbus sources into a unified platform. This allows PV yields, building consumption, and air quality data to be analyzed together and forwarded to existing municipal systems.

Hosting & Security

On GDPR-compliant infrastructure in German data centers. Alternatively, we install the platform on-premise in your own server room in Bottrop – including VPN connectivity for our remote maintenance.

SLA tiers with availability guarantees up to 99.9%. Redundant infrastructure, automatic failover, and 24/7 monitoring ensure uninterrupted operations – even for critical energy data and climate protection reporting.

Yes. We install and harden the entire IoT stack directly in your data center. Via a VPN-secured connection, we handle proactive monitoring and remote maintenance without data leaving your network.

Getting Started & Terms

Simple energy monitoring setups can be operational within a few days. More complex projects involving quarter analysis, network deployment, and custom dashboard development are planned in phases with clearly defined milestones.

No. Our managed services are cancellable monthly. We rely on strong collaboration and demonstrable results rather than contract lock-in.

Yes. We design multi-tenant platforms for companies, utilities, and the municipality with multiple properties – whether Innovation City quarter, Prosper area, Kirchhellen, or Batenbrock. Each location gets its own dashboards, access controls, and alerting profiles.

Industries We Serve

Manufacturing
Logistics
Healthcare
Agriculture
Energy
Smart City
Retail
Real Estate

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  • ARGE
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  • NextGym
  • Maho Management
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  • Millenium
  • Paritel
  • Yonju
  • EVADXB
  • Mr. Clipart
  • Aphy
  • Negosh
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