Temperature Monitoring

As cities look to smart technologies to enhance the quality of life and improve city services, many cities are adopting smart temperature monitoring technologies to serve a wide range of functions.

Smart temperature monitoring systems use Internet of Things (IoT) sensors that may be attached to buildings, bridges, light poles and other infrastructure to continuously measure temperatures and send data back to the city for analysis and interpretation. Smart temperature monitoring technology can be used to:

• Provide data for air quality monitoring systems that help cities to improve public health. Data from dust monitoring and air pollution monitoring sensors can be combined with temperature readings and data on humidity, wind speed and wind direction to better alert residents to dangerous levels of contaminants in the air.
• Alert citizens to dangerous weather events, including dangerously high or low temperatures and the threat of weather disasters.
• Predict and manage demand for electricity as temperatures drop or spike.
• Manage interior climate conditions within city buildings more efficiently.
• Monitor temperature of infrastructure throughout the city to get early warning of signs of stress or failure.
• Provide temperature data to citizens at informational kiosks throughout the city.

How smart temperature monitoring solutions work

Like other smart technologies such as environmental monitoring, water quality monitoring and smart grid solutions, smart temperature monitoring systems involve several levels of technology.

• A network of smart IoT sensors collect real-time data about temperature throughout the city and transmit it via wired, wireless and cellular connections.
• A high-performance network connects sensors with an IoT platform, delivering vast amounts of data with low latency to ensure that all data is current.
• Analytics software processes data as it streams in, identifying patterns, extracting insight and delivering actionable intelligence to city officials.
• User interfaces such as dashboards, maps and reports enable city managers to easily track and absorb data.

While all these technologies are critical to smart temperature monitoring, no single vendor can deliver them all in an integrated package. However, cities can develop relationships with vendors who have built partnerships with other providers, giving city managers a single point of contact for an entire smart technology vendor ecosystem.

Spectrum Enterprise: connecting temperature monitoring sensors

Spectrum Enterprise provides the connectivity solutions that smart cities need to conduct temperature monitoring in real time. Spectrum has built a nationwide, wholly owned fiber network that spans more than 840,000 miles and enables government and enterprise clients to connect with symmetrical speeds up to 100 Gbps. Spectrum also offers gigabit connections for homes and businesses with its service area and provides the diversity of connection protocols (including WiFi and cellular) that are typically required by IoT sensors.

Additionally, Spectrum Enterprise has developed relationships with other smart technology vendors to provide cities with a single partner who can facilitate deployment of all the technology required for smart temperature monitoring and other smart city solutions.

Learn more about Spectrum Smart Cities at www.spectrumsmartcities.com.