PARIS — Cofely Services opens a new era in driving energy efficiency of buildings and smart metering by connecting its service offering to the SIGFOX energy-efficient, cost-effective network. Through this new partnership with the provider of the world’s premier network dedicated to the Internet of Things, the ENGIE subsidiary reinforces its expertise in data processing and analysis, while offering its clients very low operating costs. Within three years, it plans to connect at least 100,000 objects.

While ENGIE was involved in SIGFOX’s fundraising last February that raised $115 million, its subsidiary Cofely Services recently integrated this innovative connectivity technology with its services. Objective: to offer all types of buildings follow-up services, management and smart metering (smart display of consumption and temperatures) to optimize their energy performance. SIGFOX’s wireless, ultra-narrowband (UNB) network has been exclusively designed for small messages that will meet the needs of the vast majority of objects connected to the IoT. By providing economical, energy-efficient two-way transmission of data, SIGFOX is lowering barriers to wide implementation of IoT and M2M solutions, and greatly extending the battery and service life of connected devices. These services already concern several operating areas integrated into the heart of Cofely Services business, including the data recording and maintenance of ambient temperatures and index of all meters (electricity, energy, water, hot water, gas … ), detecting the presence of water or predictive maintenance. Lire l’article.