IoT-Based Smart Power & Energy Monitoring System

is a scalable, real-time solution enabling intelligent energy tracking, cost control, and sustainability through advanced IoT analytics and centralized energy monitoring dashboards.

IoT
Enterprise
Angular
Node.js
Web Application
PWA
NestJS
AWS
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Project Overview

An enterprise-grade IoT-based smart Power Monitoring System is engineered to deliver real-time visibility into energy usage across commercial, educational, and industrial facilities. The scalable, cloud-enabled solution serves as a centralized IoT energy monitoring system that tracks over 2,500 data points, offering actionable insights through intuitive dashboards, socket-based updates, and advanced analytics. Designed for facility managers and energy teams, this smart energy monitoring system using IoT supports custom reporting, MQTT integration, and device-level grouping. Whether reducing costs or driving sustainability, this energy monitoring system using IoT empowers smarter, data-driven energy decisions across every floor, zone, or building.

What Was Holding Client Back

What Was Holding Client Back
Inefficient Power Usage Driving Up Operational Costs

Inefficient Power Usage Driving Up Operational Costs

Businesses faced excessive utility expenses due to unmonitored and inefficient power consumption patterns. Without optimization tools, energy waste went unnoticed, directly impacting the bottom line through inflated operational overheads.

No Live Tracking to Detect Wastage Early

No Live Tracking to Detect Wastage Early

The absence of real-time tracking made it impossible to detect sudden spikes or unusual usage. This led to ongoing, unnoticed energy wastage and missed opportunities for timely intervention or system tuning.

Inability to Benchmark Usage Across Zones

Inability to Benchmark Usage Across Zones

Facilities lacked a unified view to compare energy usage by floors, zones, or equipment. This gap hindered energy audits, making it difficult to identify underperforming areas or justify energy-saving investments.

Limited Reporting for Compliance and Optimization

Limited Reporting for Compliance and Optimization

Without granular reports on consumption, many struggled with meeting regulatory requirements or making data-backed decisions for efficiency improvements, especially in environments with strict energy compliance needs.

No Real-Time Alerts for Anomalies or Spikes

No Real-Time Alerts for Anomalies or Spikes

In the absence of live alerts, decision-makers couldn’t react promptly to abnormal consumption behaviors, increasing the risk of equipment failure, inefficiency, or unnoticed operational leaks in energy usage.

Fragmented Management of Diverse Utilities

Fragmented Management of Diverse Utilities

Managing electric, solar, and water data separately across systems created inefficiencies. The lack of a centralized platform made it challenging to get a holistic view and streamline energy operations.

Weak Access Control Across Stakeholders

Weak Access Control Across Stakeholders

Systems lacked flexible, role-based access, limiting tailored views for technicians, managers, and admins. This led to confusion, bottlenecks, and lack of accountability in large or multi-site energy management teams.

How We Architected Solution

How We Architected Solution

To address these challenges, we developed a real-time, IoT-enabled Power Management System that brings together data from thousands of power meters and sensors into a single, intuitive platform. This solution doubles as an IoT Based Power Quality Monitor System, helping organizations gain precision in tracking and controlling their utility usage.

Centralized Data Platform

Centralized Data Platform

Gain unified access to over 2,500 real-time data points collected from various meters including electricity, water, gas, steam, and solar. This centralized IoT energy monitoring system eliminates silos and supports cross-utility visibility under one platform.

Smart Reporting Engine

Smart Reporting Engine

Generate customizable reports at 10-minute, 30-minute, hourly, daily, or monthly intervals. Export insights in PDF or CSV formats to track historical consumption, identify inefficiencies, and meet compliance and auditing requirements with precision and ease.

User Access & Roles

User Access & Roles

Configure secure, role-based access for building administrators, facility managers, and analysts. This granular control ensures each user only accesses relevant data and tools, enhancing operational security and focused decision-making across departments and locations.

Backup & Restore Capabilities

Backup & Restore Capabilities

Ensure data continuity with system-wide backup and restore functionality. The platform supports automated backups, error recovery, and full restoration processes, protecting critical insights and minimizing downtime during technical issues or system upgrades.

Interactive Dashboards

Interactive Dashboards

Visualize energy usage, carbon footprint, and cost metrics with interactive charts such as gauges, bar graphs, line plots, and pie charts. These real-time dashboards empower stakeholders to interpret trends and optimize energy performance instantly.

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Monitoring

Leverage WebSockets and MQTT protocol for continuous real-time updates. The smart energy monitoring system using IoT ensures immediate access to live consumption data, enabling informed decisions and rapid responses to anomalies or operational irregularities.

Grouping & Hierarchy Configuration

Grouping & Hierarchy Configuration

Organize meters and devices by buildings, floors, zones, and departments for structured analytics. This hierarchy enables targeted performance insights and streamlined management of the entire energy monitoring system using IoT.

Platform Features

Platform Features
Real-Time Energy Monitoring

Real-Time Energy Monitoring

Track energy consumption in real time using IoT from over 2,500 connected power meters and environmental sensors. This smart energy monitoring system using IoT enables instant visibility, helping facilities proactively reduce waste and improve efficiency.

Hierarchical Data Access

Hierarchical Data Access

Access energy data at every organizational level—building, floor, zone, group, or device. This multi-layered structure ensures contextual insights for every stakeholder, from corporate sustainability teams to local building managers.

Interactive Modular Dashboards

Interactive Modular Dashboards

Visualize usage and trends with configurable dashboards featuring gauge meters, line charts, bar graphs, pie charts, and odometers. Users can monitor consumption and cost patterns intuitively, tailored to their preferences and operational needs.

Custom Reporting Engine

Custom Reporting Engine

Generate detailed reports at customizable intervals—10 minutes, 30 minutes, hourly, daily, or monthly. This feature ensures timely insights for audits, performance evaluations, and energy-saving initiatives across departments.

Multi-Format Report Export

Multi-Format Report Export

Export data-rich reports in PDF or CSV formats. Choose from a single-page overview or full dataset exports for sharing, compliance tracking, or deeper analysis of your energy footprint.

MQTT & WebSocket Integration

MQTT & WebSocket Integration

Ensure uninterrupted real-time updates through MQTT and WebSocket integration. These technologies keep dashboards and data views live, empowering instant decision-making based on current energy metrics.

Role-Based User Access

Role-Based User Access

Control platform access securely with role-based permissions for Admins, Analysts, and Viewers. This ensures users see only relevant data while maintaining compliance, governance, and confidentiality across organizational tiers.

Sensor Management Dashboard

Sensor Management Dashboard

Easily manage all IoT-connected devices through a unified sensor management module. Instantly view sensor types, status, and connectivity to ensure smooth operations across your energy monitoring infrastructure.

Device Grouping & Hierarchy Builder

Device Grouping & Hierarchy Builder

Organize and categorize devices using a drag-and-drop interface. This flexible structure enhances usability, simplifies analytics, and supports expansion into new facilities or meter types with minimal setup.

Real-Time Alerts & Notifications

Real-Time Alerts & Notifications

Receive instant alerts for energy spikes, anomalies, or threshold breaches. This feature helps teams respond quickly, prevent overconsumption, and maintain operational stability through proactive energy management.

System Backup & Restore

System Backup & Restore

Safeguard critical energy data with secure backup and restore features. Supports large data sets and memory-safe processing, ensuring business continuity and rapid recovery from unexpected issues.

Custom Dashboard Layouts

Custom Dashboard Layouts

Design your own dashboards using a Gridster2-based layout builder. This flexibility allows users to create tailored views that align with their operational focus and energy tracking priorities.

Power Quality Monitoring

Power Quality Monitoring

Monitor voltage fluctuations, harmonics, and load imbalances with complete power quality analytics. This capability improves equipment protection, reduces downtime, and enhances visibility across the smart energy monitoring system using IoT.

Enterprise-Grade Scalability

Enterprise-Grade Scalability

Built as a modular, scalable IoT based energy monitoring system, the platform adapts to growing enterprise needs across multi-site, multi-utility environments with ease, performance, and reliability.

Tech Implementation

Tech Implementation
Angular 15

Angular 15

Socket.IO

Socket.IO

MQTT Broker

MQTT Broker

MongoDB

MongoDB

NestJS

NestJS

HighCharts

HighCharts

AmCharts

AmCharts

Chart.js

Chart.js

Odometer

Odometer

Gauge.js

Gauge.js

Angular Material

Angular Material

Gridster2

Gridster2

PrimeNG

PrimeNG

ngx-daterangepicker-material

ngx-daterangepicker-material

ngx-toastr

ngx-toastr

Angular Tree

Angular Tree

Context Menu

Context Menu

jspdf

jspdf

Middleware-based secure auth

Middleware-based secure auth

NGXS

NGXS

Docker

Docker

AWS

AWS

Grafana

Grafana

Value We Created

Value We Created
70% Improvement in Anomaly Detection Speed

70% Improvement in Anomaly Detection Speed

The IoT based smart power monitoring system accelerates anomaly detection by 70%, enabling facility managers to identify irregularities and prevent energy loss or equipment failure in near real time across all monitored zones.

Up to 35% Reduction in Energy Waste

Up to 35% Reduction in Energy Waste

Through granular monitoring and intelligent reporting, the platform helps reduce unnecessary energy consumption by up to 35%, supporting sustainability goals while significantly lowering operational costs in large-scale commercial or industrial environments.

40% Faster Reporting Process

40% Faster Reporting Process

Automated data collection and customizable scheduling reduce the reporting cycle by 40%. Teams can now generate detailed compliance, consumption, and performance reports in minutes, enhancing efficiency and audit readiness.

Better Decision-Making Across Operations

Better Decision-Making Across Operations

With live data, predictive insights, and actionable visualizations, stakeholders gain the clarity needed to make informed operational decisions—improving performance, maintenance planning, and energy-saving initiatives across the organization.

Visibility Across Complex Infrastructures

Visibility Across Complex Infrastructures

Track and compare data across multiple facilities, floors, or zones with a centralized view. This visibility enables smarter resource allocation and helps uncover patterns that drive strategic improvements and long-term sustainability.

Significantly Reduced Dependency on Manual Logs

Significantly Reduced Dependency on Manual Logs

Automated tracking and digital records eliminate the need for paper-based or spreadsheet logging. Teams save time, reduce errors, and maintain reliable historical data for analysis and compliance effortlessly.

Increased User Engagement with IoT Data

Increased User Engagement with IoT Data

Role-based dashboards and interactive charts increase stakeholder engagement by making energy data accessible and meaningful. Teams stay informed and motivated to achieve energy goals through real-time, personalized insights.

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