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Urban heat is one of today’s most pressing climate challenges. Lower rooftop surface temperatures not only improve comfort inside buildings but also help cool entire neighborhoods. In a recent collaboration with Airgilab by GRIC-UPC, Advanticsys provided IoT sensing infrastructure and its Concordia Industrial IoT (IIoT) cloud platform to power an innovative green roof experiment exploring how nature-based solutions can cool cities.

A natural solution backed by data

The Airgilab team set up a living laboratory, testing different roof configurations that mix Mediterranean plants and vegetables with hydroponic and lightweight substrates. Exposed to intense summer sunlight, these green roofs needed continuous monitoring to understand how each combination performs in terms of cooling and water retention.

A network of rugged sensors captured soil surface and roof temperatures along with substrate moisture levels, streaming all measurements in real time to the Concordia IIoT platform.

Green roof testbed — Monitoring and Green Roof Test Beds with Real-Time IoT Data

Concordia dashboards displaying real-time environmental data — Monitoring and Green Roof Test Beds with Real-Time IoT Data

The flexibility behind Concordia

The experiment showcases the adaptability and scalability of Concordia. Originally built for diverse industrial and environmental use cases, the platform seamlessly integrated a complex, outdoor experimental site with mixed vegetation, varying irrigation needs, and changing weather conditions.

Real-time visualization of multiple environmental signals from different sensor types.
Custom dashboards tailored to scientific users as well as operators.
Secure cloud storage and analytics for long-term research and data sharing.

This flexibility allowed the research team to focus on science and decision-making rather than infrastructure.

From research to real-world impact

High-quality, continuous data were essential for fine-tuning irrigation schedules and quantifying the cooling potential of each green roof design. Insights from this work can help architects, city planners, and building owners adopt greener, more climate-resilient roofing solutions. This collaboration illustrates our commitment to supporting sustainable urban innovations through flexible, data-driven IoT solutions.

“Concordia is built to adapt. From industrial energy management to urban ecology, the platform’s ability to integrate new sensors, visualize data in real time, and support complex analytics makes it ideal for diverse environmental and research applications.”

Enabling a greener future

By providing robust IoT sensing and an adaptable cloud platform, Advanticsys helps accelerate the adoption of nature-based, data-driven solutions. Whether in cities, industries, or remote environmental sites, Concordia ensures that new ideas can move from pilot experiments to scalable, real-world climate action.

We are pleased to share that Advanticsys has successfully completed its work in ENGINE, an EU‑funded Horizon Europe project. Throughout the project, our team co‑designed and implemented the ENGINE Exchange platform—an open, extensible data backbone that makes industrial information easier to ingest, harmonize, and leverage for analytics and AI.

What we built together

Over the past phases, we helped take ENGINE Exchange from concept to a validated final release. The platform enables:

End‑to‑end data ingestion and interoperability across shop‑floor sensors, power meters, and API‑based sources, with well‑defined data contracts.
A comprehensive manufacturing data model—from forging through operation—supporting traceability and analytics across production steps.
AI‑ready pipelines that streamline data preparation for forecasting, quality analysis, and decision support.
Secure storage and governance features designed for reliable, compliant exchange between partners.

ENGINE Exchange – view 2 — ENGINE Exchange platform – screenshots from the final demo at Wärtsilä (Vaasa, Finland).

Impact for industry

By turning fragmented datasets into a consistent, shareable resource, ENGINE Exchange reduces the time and cost of integrating new lines, pilots, or analytics projects. The final demonstration took place at Wärtsilä‘s facilities in Vaasa, Finland, where partners validated the platform with real industrial data flows. During validation, partners demonstrated faster onboarding of data sources, clearer lineage and traceability, and smoother hand‑offs from operations to data science teams. As Advanticsys’ CEO, José J. de las Heras, noted “ENGINE Exchange gives manufacturers a practical path from raw signals to decisions—a foundation we can build on as needs evolve.”

What’s next

With the project wrapped up, we are packaging ENGINE Exchange learnings into our Concordia cloud offering—so customers can stand up interoperable, AI‑ready data flows more quickly in real deployments.

ENGINE received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101058179.

Advanticsys has been selected to support a new 10 MW photovoltaic revamping project located in Chiaramonte Gulfi, Sicily, in collaboration with our long-standing partner Kernel Sistemi.

This large-scale retrofit involves modernizing an existing PV facility comprised of six inverter cabins and over 72 rows of photovoltaic strings. With infrastructure already in place and physical constraints on the ground, the project presents a perfect use case for our wireless string monitoring solutions.

Why Wireless Monitoring is Key in Revamping Projects

Revamping older solar installations requires careful integration of new technologies without disrupting existing equipment or layout. That’s where Advanticsys technology makes a difference:

No need for new cabling or trenching, drastically reducing civil works and time on site
Fast and scalable deployment using our DM-108 wireless Modbus data concentrators
Detailed string-level diagnostics to detect faults, optimize performance, and support predictive maintenance
Full compatibility with both legacy and modern SCADA/IoT platforms
Reduced total cost of ownership through efficient, non-invasive upgrades

This project builds on over a decade of collaboration between Advanticsys and Kernel Sistemi, with similar deployments already in operation not only across Italy, but also in international PV plants.

At Advanticsys, we continue to demonstrate how digital innovation can bring tangible value to traditional sectors such as agriculture. Our latest deployments of advanced energy monitoring systems for irrigation are delivering real-time insights and efficiency improvements across Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

These solutions combine cellular-enabled smart meters with our Concordia IoT cloud platform, enabling farmers and irrigation operators to manage groundwater pumping systems more intelligently and sustainably.

Real-Time Monitoring and Intelligent Management

Through the Concordia platform, users gain full visibility into the energy consumption of their irrigation pumps. The system records consumption data at regular intervals, enabling:

Accurate tracking of electricity usage per well
Identification of high-energy-consuming systems
Remote monitoring of pump performance and detection of anomalies
Preventive maintenance scheduling
Enhanced control over pump operating hours

These capabilities help reduce operational costs, improve resource planning, and contribute to the environmental sustainability of agricultural operations.

Driving Agricultural Digitalization

By applying IoT-based monitoring technologies, Advanticsys supports the transformation of agriculture into a data-driven, efficient, and more sustainable sector. Our solution empowers producers to make informed decisions, optimize energy use, and extend the lifetime of critical infrastructure like water pumps.

Whether it’s in arid coastal areas or large-scale crop operations, our goal remains the same: deliver smart, scalable, and practical solutions that improve productivity while preserving natural resources.

Advanticsys and RSTER are proud to announce a strategic partnership aimed at transforming how industrial data is collected, analyzed, and leveraged for smarter decision-making. This collaboration brings together two innovation-driven organizations to deliver an integrated ecosystem that combines real-time data acquisition with advanced engineering diagnostics and predictive analytics.

Key Focus Areas of the Collaboration

The partnership centers on integrating IoT platforms with advanced engineering intelligence to provide a seamless and powerful solution for industrial clients. Together, Advanticsys and RSTER enable real-time data acquisition from photovoltaic systems, wind farms, water infrastructure, and electromechanical equipment, which is then analyzed using RSTER’s engineering toolbox for predictive maintenance, risk, and reliability assessment. These insights are visualized through intuitive dashboards that provide actionable diagnostics and performance metrics. The joint solution is applicable across multiple sectors—including renewable energy (PV systems, wind farms, battery storage), e-mobility (electric vehicles, boats, and emerging transport modes), and smart industry (industrial motors, automation systems, and grid-connected assets)—helping clients unlock greater efficiency, safety, and sustainability from their operational data.

Why This Partnership Matters

This strategic alliance creates a powerful synergy between industrial IoT infrastructure and engineering intelligence tools, delivering real-time insights and enabling smart decision-making at every level of industrial operations. Our combined solutions are designed to enhance reliability, safety, and performance—with full alignment to EU-based legal and data compliance standards.

Together, Advanticsys and RSTER are laying the foundation for the next generation of connected intelligence—enabling industries to unlock the full potential of their data.

About Advanticsys

Advanticsys is a Spanish technology company specializing in Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). The company offers robust solutions for data acquisition, monitoring, and control systems across renewable energy, water, and industrial infrastructure sectors. Advanticsys’s platform integrates smart IoT gateways, wireless sensors, and cloud dashboards—empowering organizations to optimize performance and achieve operational excellence.

About RSTER

RSTER is an expert provider of advanced engineering solutions in the fields of reliability, predictive maintenance, and safety assessment. With a strong track record across e-mobility, energy systems, and critical infrastructure, RSTER turns complex operational data into actionable insights that enhance system safety, resilience, and efficiency.

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