Standout Australian industry and government projects and solutions using the Internet of Things were recognised as winners of the 2023 IoT Awards in May.

The official awards of Australia’s peak industry body for the Internet of Things, the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA), provides a snapshot of how IoT is being used to advance the management of Australian energy and water networks, operational efficiency in multiple industries and modernise government services, among many other uses. 

Congratulations to Victorian Awardees

A number of Victorian projects and companies were recognized at this year's IoT Awards. Presenting the awards was Frank Zeichner, the founding CEO of IoTAA and a thought leader in the adoption of IoT in Australia who continues to work with members across academia, industry and government.

Pictured above is the team from Telstra and Jemena accepting the Energy Award for their Meter Data Logger Program. This enabled Jemena to extend the life of legacy, analogue metering assets for tens of thousands of customers in high rise buildings, while enabling remote meter reads.

Telstra and Jemena also received the Security Award for their Meter Data Logger Program, which was developed to meet comprehensive critical infrastructure requirements and customer privacy considerations. This ranges from ISO27001 certification for selected IP network products and international operations and services, to regular independent audits. Both companies have teams, processes and systems to monitor for and manage security incidents.

Bodd Technologies earned the Manufacturing Award for their 3D Body Scanners, which are manufactured in Australia in partnership with Bosch. The AWS-connected scanners use high fidelity scans taking less than a minute to fit a person for an entire product catalogue of clothing, saving time for uniform fitting and potentially reducing waste for retailers.

Keltech IoE was presented with the Construction Award for the KelTech IoT Label On A Cable. The product uses encrypted NFC tags to provide online, real-time visibility of deployed IoT assets, such as switches and cables. It is in use in projects around the world.

The Outcomex team were called on stage again to receive the Food & Agriculture Award, for the Farmdeck: Monitoring Fridge Sensors pilot project. It overcame physical connectivity challenges to help McDonalds in Australia react quickly to fridge temperature changes, to avoid food waste and expenses.

South East Water was also a multiple award winner, receiving the Interoperability Award and the Smart Places and Infrastructure Award, for their Digital Utility at Scale project. The project includes systems and devices that can communicate across multiple telecommunication networks, use open standard protocols such as NB-IoT and LightweightM2M for carriage and data transactions and report to a multitude of head-end systems. The organisation deployed thousands of meters and sensors in Victoria and alerted thousands of customers to potential leaks, saving them an estimated $1.28 million dollars.

The awards were presented at the culmination of IoT Impact 2023, a one-day event about IoT for smart places, manufacturing, energy, sustainability, remote connectivity, circular economy, digital trust, construction, agriculture, workforce skills, fair and safe IoT, asset management, digital twins, disaster resilience and other topics. 

Who hosts the IoT Awards?

The annual l IoT Awards are hosted jointly by IoT Alliance Australia and IoT Hub.

IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) is the peak industry body representing the Internet of Things (IoT) in Australia, with over 500 participating organisations and 1000 individual participants working across twelve workstreams.

IoT Hub is a site focused on the growing connectivity between software, the cloud, and the devices we use in everyday business operations. From connected plant hardware, to communications and data manipulation, to views and opinions from Australia’s leading influencers, IoT Hub is YOUR site for staying up to date with this fast-developing field.