Sector · Residential
Residential IoT use cases
Single-family homes and estates benefit from the same LoRaWAN backbone and IoT Connect platform as our industrial deployments: long-range links, multi-year battery life on field sensors, and one place to see trends, thresholds, and alerts—without relying on consumer Wi-Fi at the property line.
Water & flood risk
Visibility before damage
Whole-house and branch awareness. Pulse or ultrasonic flow at the main, plus zone meters on irrigation lines, helps catch stuck valves and silent leaks early. Cistern, well, or storage-tank level avoids dry-running pumps. High-water or sump alarms in utility rooms close the loop when gravity drainage is stressed during storms.
- Leak & flow — abnormal night flow, sustained low-flow signatures, or irrigation run-time vs. schedule.
- Tank & wellhead — level trend, pump enable interlocks where wired per design.
- Flood points — sump pit, basement stair, low points in outbuildings.
Typical signals
| Flow | Pulse index / rate, daily volume roll-ups |
|---|---|
| Level | Ultrasonic or pressure head (application-specific) |
| Alarms | Threshold + rate-of-change in IoT Connect |
| Backhaul | LoRaWAN to NTech network or project gateway |
Energy & backup
Operational metering, not just the utility bill
Secondary metering on a standby generator, critical sub-panel, or pool equipment clarifies what actually ran during an outage or high-tariff window. Where solar or hybrid inverters expose registers, Modbus-capable meters bridge into IoT Connect for unified history next to water and environmental points—useful for estates sizing upgrades and proving run hours for maintenance.
Environment & comfort
Coastal and mechanical context
Humidity and condensate in attic handlers, pool equipment rooms, and ocean-facing closets drive mold and corrosion risk. Trending RH with alerts on sustained high dew-point conditions supports HVAC and dehumidification decisions. Optional CO2 or VOC-class sensors fit office or guest-wing conversions where occupancy is intermittent.
Perimeter & estate
Low-power field devices
Gate position, driveway presence, and dock pedestals can be instrumented where trenching fiber is uneconomical. LoRaWAN keeps battery devices on-line for years; IoT Connect aggregates status with the rest of the estate. Shore-power pedestals at private docks align with the same metering discipline as MarinaOS, scaled to residential quays.
Next step
Scope a residential deployment
We select sensors and gateways from the product catalog, map coverage, and hand off dashboards and alerting in IoT Connect.