Smart office
The smart office solution powered by ThingsBoard enables efficient monitoring of energy and water consumption, tracking of air quality and CO₂ levels, control of HVAC systems, real-time response to critical events, and overall improvement of energy efficiency and employee comfort.
Smart office solutions are designed to optimize workplace environments by monitoring key operational parameters and automating building systems in real time. ThingsBoard, as a robust IoT platform, provides all the necessary tools for collecting, processing, and visualizing data from devices that use protocols like BLE or LoRaWAN gateways, enabling seamless integration and support for flexible solutions.
Thanks to ThingsBoard, an open-source IoT platform, it's easy to integrate and visualize data from various devices and sensors, enabling the creation of intelligent, data-driven solutions. This approach allows not only real-time monitoring of office conditions but also active management—turning systems on or off, receiving alerts, and configuring automation scenarios. All of these capabilities are fully demonstrated in our smart office solution.
Solution structure of smart office use case
The smart office solution connects devices like energy meters, HVAC, and sensors to ThingsBoard via MQTT, CoAP, or HTTP, or through a gateway with Modbus, BLE, and BACnet connectors.
This setup enables seamless data ingestion through IoT gateways or direct connections. The collected data is then visualized in real time on interactive dashboards and processed through a powerful rule engine that supports analytics and configurable alarms.
Dashboard structure of smart office solution
ThingsBoard provides a flexible dashboard system that allows for clear visualization of key metrics. In the context of the smart office, this includes parameters such as energy and water consumption, air quality, temperature and humidity, and the status of the HVAC system. Additionally, dashboards display alarms, enabling prompt response to any deviations from normal conditions.
Applications of smart office solution
The smart office approach can be easily adapted to various other sectors
Smart retail
Energy consumption monitoring, climate automation in shopping areas, and lighting control.
Healthcare
Microclimate control in patient rooms, occupancy monitoring, and tracking of CO₂ levels and temperature.
Education
Managing comfort and resource usage in educational facilities.
Manufacturing
Energy audits, airflow monitoring, and smart overload notifications.
Hospitality
Room automation, personalized climate control, and monitoring of CO₂ levels and space occupancy.
Smart retail
Energy consumption monitoring, climate automation in shopping areas, and lighting control.
Manufacturing
Energy audits, airflow monitoring, and smart overload notifications.
Healthcare
Microclimate control in patient rooms, occupancy monitoring, and tracking of CO₂ levels and temperature.
Hospitality
Room automation, personalized climate control, and monitoring of CO₂ levels and space occupancy.
Education
Managing comfort and resource usage in educational facilities.
Summary of smart office solution
The smart office project demonstrates how the integration of IoT and ThingsBoard can significantly enhance office building management. It’s more than just a dashboard — it’s a powerful tool for improving efficiency, safety, and comfort. The solution is easily scalable, integrable, and customizable to fit any business needs. With ThingsBoard, you don’t just monitor your office — you take control of it.
ThingsBoard advantages
Security
ThingsBoard protects your data with industry-standard encryption algorithms like RSA and ECDSA. Secure communication is ensured via TLS (TCP) and DTLS (UDP). Role-based access control and audit logs further enhance platform security.
Data visualization
Visualize data with interactive, multi-state dashboards—no coding needed. Use built-in charts, gauges, maps, tables, and control widgets. Customize every detail via advanced settings or custom widget bundles. Real-time, low-latency updates supported via embedded web-sockets.
Connectivity
Connect devices directly to the platform via the following built-in protocols: HTTP, CoAP, MQTT, LwM2M, and SNMP. Connect devices in your local network to the cloud using ThingsBoard Gateway via Modbus, BLE, BACnet, OPC-UA, and other protocols.
Data processing
ThingsBoard allows you to define app logic using a drag-and-drop rule chain designer. Its scalable Rule Engine uses message queues like Kafka or AWS SQS for durable, reliable data processing. You can handle data within the engine or forward it to external systems.
Scalability and high availability
ThingsBoard supports high-availability cloud and on-prem deployments via Kubernetes or bare-metal. Its components scale horizontally and handle 18K+ vehicles and 5K+ devices in prod.
Multi-tenancy
ThingsBoard provides UI and API to manage tenants, customers, users, devices, and assets. Single tenant may have multiple tenant administrators and millions of devices and customers. It also offers out-of-the-box support of OTA updates for your smart meters.
