From LoRaWAN network planning to energy monitoring and managed IoT hosting - your IoT service provider for Bottrop and the Innovation City Ruhr. Designed around documented data paths, clear operating responsibilities, and personal technical support.
Regional requirements, robust technology
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.
Sensors, gateways, data platform, business application, identities, interfaces, and operations are planned together. Additional sites, cloud services, or local edge systems can then build on the same architecture model.
Local planning profile
Bottrop offers use cases around energy modernisation, buildings, commercial sites, and reused industrial areas. Measurements must remain comparable over time and reliable in operation.
Reference values, intervals, and intended analyses are defined before the project. The platform can then show change instead of presenting current sensor values without context.
Concrete services
You can start with one clearly defined requirement. Architecture, devices, platform, applications, and operations are planned so the first component can become part of one coherent IoT system when needed.
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.
View serviceWe plan radio coverage and gateway positions from site and building data, select suitable gateways and sensors, provision devices and payload decoders, and integrate them with ChirpStack. Device onboarding, data validation, and radio testing are coordinated with the platform.
View serviceEnd-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.
View serviceConnect machines, PLCs, HMIs, edge systems, ERP, and MES through documented protocols and interfaces in one controlled data flow.
View serviceRegional application fields
Typical starting points for companies and organizations in Bottrop and the surrounding economic region.
The examples illustrate possible application patterns. Architecture, radio coverage, device selection, data model, and operating scope are assessed for the specific project.
One system instead of isolated silos
Value does not come from a single sensor or dashboard. What matters is an end-to-end data path with clear interfaces, access rules, and operating responsibilities.
Sensors, gateways, machines, PLCs, and existing data sources are selected or connected according to the measurement task, environment, and protocol.
View componentLoRaWAN, MQTT, cellular links, edge gateways, and private networks move data between sites, platforms, and other systems in a controlled way.
View componentChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Grafana, databases, and rule engines provide device management, processing, history, and alerting.
View componentDashboards, portals, mobile apps, and ERP, MES, and API integrations put IoT data into the actual workflows.
View componentMonitoring, backups, updates, incident response, and service levels keep the platform and data paths maintainable and transparent.
View componentThe architecture can grow with more devices, sites, applications, and deployment locations without introducing isolated connections or hard-to-maintain special paths for every extension.
Technical foundation
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.
Project path
The initial step remains manageable. Device count, architecture, integrations, and operating responsibilities are defined only after the technical assessment.
Capture measurements, sites, users, existing systems, alert paths, and the expected business outcome.
Combine radio path, devices, platform, data model, interfaces, and security requirements in a testable design.
Provision devices, configure services, process data, and connect dashboards or business applications.
Agree monitoring, updates, backups, and response paths, then add further sites or capabilities in a controlled way.
Region and scale
A regional entry point does not limit the architecture. Platforms can cover multiple plants, properties, fields, or customer sites under one operating model.
Industries
The technical foundation can be adapted to different measurement tasks and business processes.
Specialist services
Dedicated service pages explain platforms, development, LoRaWAN, and visualization in detail.
React Native apps for iOS & Android: device pairing, sensor data, push notifications.
Plan and operate LoRaWAN networks. Pre-configured gateways, ChirpStack, sensor integration, and remote commissioning.
Multi-tenant IoT platforms on ThingsBoard: custom dashboards, rule engine, API integration.
Custom rule chains, white-label, API integration and managed hosting. CE & PE.
Custom dashboards, embedded panels, alerting and self-hosting. IoT monitoring with InfluxDB and Prometheus.
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.
Regional IoT entry points
Further regional pages explain LoRaWAN, platform integration, system connectivity and managed operations for the respective business area.
IoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Gladbeck
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Oberhausen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Essen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Ruhrgebiet
View regional serviceReviews & projects
WZ-IT moved our studio infrastructure from decentralised individual devices to a central platform: every site is securely connected via VPN, new devices are onboarded automatically and an entire site is provisioned from a template, without manual steps on location. What impressed me most is the breadth and depth of their knowledge: Timo and Robin are not a typical IT provider who sets up a server and leaves. The two of them think their way into highly complex infrastructure and software topics, work through every requirement we put in front of them, and build networking, provisioning and operations so that everything fits together in the end. WZ-IT is an excellent partner for complex software, network and architecture projects.
Steve KirchnerManaging Director, nextGYM GmbH
International
WZ-IT designs, develops and operates infrastructure and software for clients in Germany and internationally. We deliver projects remotely and continue supporting them in ongoing operations after go-live.
IoT in Bottrop
Briefly describe the measurement task, sites, existing devices, and desired outcome. We will assess architecture, platform, integration, and possible operations.
No risk: worst case, you leave with a clearer understanding of your project than before.
WZ-IT's advice on our Azure migration was technically sound and completely non-binding right from the intro call - we took away a great deal.
