Business cases Road winter service

Road winter service

Smart city · Infrastructure Improve resource efficiency

Summary

Service based on salinity and temperature

By installing sensors on roads, city planners can monitor the weather conditions and the state of the roads in real-time. When the temperature drops below a certain threshold, or when snow or ice is detected, the system can automatically trigger road winter service operations, such as plowing or salting the roads. This can help to improve the safety of roads during the winter, and reduce the resources spent on road winter service operations.

Sustainability impact

Optimize resource usage for winter road maintenance

Improve resource efficiency Reduce personnel

Partners involved

Devices used

ADT1 Box - Remote Transmitter

KELLER Druckmesstechnik AG

DL-CWS - High-Precision Winter Road Maintenance Sensor

Decentlab GmbH

DL-WRM - Winter Road Maintenance Sensor

Decentlab GmbH

WILSEN.sonic.distance

Pepperl+Fuchs SE

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- Summary: Service based on salinity and temperature
- Sustainability impact: Optimize resource usage for winter road maintenance; Improve resource efficiency, Reduce personnel
- Partners involved: Pepperl+Fuchs (pepperl-fuchs.com), DecentLab (decentlab.com), Daizy (daizy.io)
- Devices used: ADT1 Box - Remote Transmitter by KELLER Druckmesstechnik AG, DL-CWS - High-Precision Winter Road Maintenance Sensor by Decentlab GmbH, DL-WRM - Winter Road Maintenance Sensor by Decentlab GmbH, WILSEN.sonic.distance by Pepperl+Fuchs SE
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