IoT-Based Solution for an International Electrical Equipment Manufacturer

IoT has become a standard in commercial buildings and changed how lighting and electrical systems are set up and run. Smart, connected lighting systems allow organizations to reduce energy consumption, improve operational efficiency, and adapt building environments to real-world usage scenarios.

Our long-term client, a global leader in electrical equipment manufacturing, launched an IoT initiative aimed at developing intelligent, energy-efficient lighting automation solutions for public buildings and offices. To support this initiative, the company partnered with Agiliway to build a stable, scalable IoT-based facility management system that can configure, manage, and monitor thousands of electrical devices across multi-storey commercial facilities. Over time, the scope expanded to include mobile applications and motion-based data sharing to support advanced automation use cases.

Project Challenges

Designing an IoT-driven lighting automation platform for commercial environments required addressing several complex challenges:

• Managing a wide range of devices, including luminaires, sensors, controllers, switches, and hubs with different connection types and configurations.
• Modeling rooms and multi-storey buildings, allowing engineers to design automation systems that reflect real architectural and environmental conditions.
• Ensuring centralized control, providing tracking and management of thousands of devices from a single interface across multiple facilities.
• Supporting cross-platform access, with compatibility across iOS, Android, and UWP environments for engineers and facility managers.
• Maintaining stable and reliable connectivity, as the client required continuous system availability for updates, configuration changes, and future feature expansion.
• Delivering a user-friendly UI/UX, so that complex system configurations, device management, and automation scenarios remain intuitive and easy to use for engineers and facility managers working with large-scale installations.

Solutions Provided

Agiliway designed and continuously enhanced a comprehensive IoT-based automation platform tailored to commercial lighting systems. The solution provides engineers with a unified environment for planning, configuring, and validating lighting automation setups.

Key solution components included:

• Building and room modeling tools for accurate representation of commercial facilities and infrastructure layouts.
• Dynamic lighting configuration, allowing automation systems to be customized for individual rooms or entire buildings based on client requirements.
• Device selection and placement, supporting luminaires, presence sensors, light sensors, controllers, switches, and central hubs directly on building plans.
• Automation scenario design, such as adjusting lighting intensity based on time of day or natural light conditions.
• Compatibility and system health monitoring, helping engineers detect configuration issues, weak points, and performance bottlenecks early in the design phase.
• Mobile application support, providing access to key system functions on smartphones and tablets with selected functionality.
• Intuitive UI/UX design, simplifying navigation, visual configuration, and system management through a clear interface that reduces onboarding time and minimizes user errors when working with complex IoT infrastructures.

Value Delivered

The IoT-based automation solution significantly improved how engineers design, validate, and estimate commercial lighting systems. By replacing fragmented manual processes with a single, intelligent platform, the solution reduced planning errors and minimized manual effort during the pre-installation phase.

As a result, the client benefits from faster project planning cycles, more accurate cost estimations, and improved collaboration with customers.

The platform supports the delivery of reliable, energy-efficient smart lighting systems tailored to real-world usage scenarios, strengthening the client’s competitive position in the commercial IoT and smart building market.

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