Smart Building at an International Pharmaceutical Company
A shared IoT foundation for workplace and facility use cases at a pharmaceutical campus.
Industry: Pharmaceuticals Organization: International pharmaceutical company Scope: Campus with approximately 1,500 employees in Germany Year: 2024
At a Glance
LoRa gateways
Three gateways provide campus-wide coverage
Indoor environment
Live monitoring in meeting rooms
People counting
Building-level utilization insight
Cleaning
Demand-driven waste collection reduces effort
Overview
The pharmaceutical company treats buildings and their occupants as one system that supports its primary business. A virtualized BuildingPro Suites server in the cloud, an on-site EdgeNode, and three LoRa gateways form a common infrastructure for indoor-environment monitoring, people counting, smart waste, and asset tracking.
Indoor Environment and Room Use
LoRa room-condition sensors monitor indoor-environment-quality values in meeting rooms. Integration with the booking system makes it possible to prepare conditions for expected attendance and release a room automatically when a booked meeting does not take place. The resulting data supports analysis and optimization of room use.
People Counting and Smart Waste
Infrared people counters at entrances and exits measure campus and building utilization. Long-term occupancy data can inform cleaning schedules and help adapt heating and cooling to actual use.
Central smart-waste stations are emptied according to demand instead of requiring cleaners to check individual bins at every workstation. This reduces unnecessary cleaning effort.
Asset Tracking
A proof of concept tracks flipcharts and other materials in meeting-room areas. Their current position is visible through the map, helping teams locate and use shared equipment efficiently.
The project demonstrates the value of a shared IoT foundation: individual use cases may have limited value in isolation, but one reusable data and connectivity layer can support workplace quality, space utilization, energy efficiency, cleaning, and asset management together.
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