gridComm and G Element Named Top Smart City Innovators in Vietnam Smart City Innovation Challenge
gridComm and G Element receiving Vietnam Smart City Innovation Challenge Top Winner Award
Hanoi, November 14, 2017 – The Mekong Business Initiative today announced that gridComm with G Element has been selected the top Smart City Innovation Challenge company as part of Vietnam Smart City Innovation Challenge Nov 12-14 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Based in Singapore, gridComm provides the IOT (internet of things) systems and devices that make smart cities smarter with networked street lights, connecting street lights, sensor networks and smart buildings. G Element provides a 3D smart city platform that unifies diverse city sensor systems to make cities easier to monitor and manage.
As one of the 15 shortlisted companies selected and invited to showcase in Vietnam, gridComm presented a smart city solution in collaboration with G Element, in front of the Steering Committee for Smart Cities, various local authorities of cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hoi An (Quang Nam) and extended audience of industry leaders, technologists and investors within the region.
The integrated gridComm and G Element smart city solution uses sensors to monitor and control street lights and traffic lights. The system allows operators to control the street light brightness, and be notified when the street lights and traffic lights malfunctioned, thus reducing power/energy usage and improving traffic management. The system can also be integrated with CCTVs installed around the city to give a city wide surveillance, improving public security.
“We are excited to have participated in the Vietnam Smart City Innovation Challenge. Smart street lights are a critical enabler to Vietnam’s plans to make its cities into smart cities. This recognition by Vietnam smart city leaders validates gridComm’s significant opportunity in helping cities save millions of dollars in electricity costs and enabling city-wide sensor connectivity,” said K. H. Jen Managing Director, gridComm. “We are already starting towards our first smart street light installations in Vietnam”.
“We are excited to win this prestigious award with gridComm,” said S. W. Yeow, Managing Director, G Element. “This innovation award underscores the need for cities to be smarter through adopting smart systems and integrating these systems for powerful city situational awareness and analytics.”
“gridComm addresses a key need for smart cities and has a compelling offering. Together with our partners, we will assist gridComm in establishing a beachhead into Vietnam market.” said Michael Yap, CEO of TNB Ventures. “We congratulate gridComm for emerging as the winner of a very strong field.”
The Smart City Vietnam Demo Day was organized by MBI in cooperation with The National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development (NATEC-MOST), HCMC Department of Science and Technology, Da Nang Business Incubator (DNES), Vietnam Angel Investor Network (iAngel) and Vietnam Software Association (VINASA).
About GridComm
gridComm makes Smart Cities Smarter with networked street lights and then uses that network to connect IOT sensors throughout the city. Simply open the street light door. Install a gridComm controller. Do this 100,000 times in a city and you have a smart city with connected street lights. Each contains our module with a gridcomm chip that communicates data across the city’s power lines. We then connect thousands of sensors to measure weather, pollution, traffic with the measurements over our street light control network. For more information, visit www.gridcomm-plc.com
About G Element
G Element is Asia’s leading unified platform company for smart buildings and cities. Based in Singapore with partner ecosystem networks across Asia, G Element has deployed solutions for commercial buildings, data centers, facilities, smart islands and districts across Asia. Our award-winning 3D open platform, NUCLEUS, unifies diverse sensor systems in buildings and cities to enable powerful situational awareness and management. For more information, visit https://www.gelement.com
Mekong Business Initiative
The Asian Development Bank and the Australian Government jointly launched the MBI in 2015. The MBI catalyses private sector development in emerging Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets, focusing on Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, and Vietnam. The program aims to improve the business-enabling environment in these four emerging ASEAN markets with particular focus on business advocacy, alternative finance, and innovation. It is supported by the Asian Development Bank and the Australian Government.
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Media Contact:
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gridComm
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Chua Huiyan
G Element Pte Ltd
huiyan@gelement.com
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Industry Awards,
Partner on November 15, 2017
Congratulations to gridComm and G Element for winning the first prize at the Smart City Innovation Challenge (Vietnam)
The Smart City Innovation Challenge is an initiative by the Mekong Business Initiative, a joint venture of the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Australia, to source deployable solutions to Vietnam’s urban challenges from global innovators. This is open to companies of all sizes looking to gain access to the Vietnamese market.
Mr. Mike Holt, CEO of gridComm, giving the smart city solution presentation
As one of the 15 shortlisted companies selected and invited to showcase in Vietnam, gridComm presented a smart city solution in collaboration with G Element, in front of the Steering Committee for Smart Cities, various local authorities of cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hoi An (Quang Nam) and extended audience of industry leaders, technologists and investors within the region.
The integrated gridComm and G Element smart city solution uses sensors to monitor and control street lights and traffic lights. The system allows operators to control the street light brightness, and be notified when the street lights and traffic lights malfunctioned, thus reducing power/energy usage and improving traffic management. The system can also be integrated with CCTVs installed around the city to give a city wide surveillance, improving public security.
Once again, congratulations to gridComm and G Element for winning the Smart City Innovation Challenge (Vietnam)!
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Trade Shows on November 1, 2017
BuildTech Asia 2017 – 24 – 26 October 2017, Singapore Expo Hall 3
G Element and Aptiv8 in partnership at the BuildTech Asia 2017
G Element would like to thank all those who took their precious time to join us at the BuildTech Asia 2017 held at Singapore Expo Hall 3, Booth G23, 24 – 26 October 2017. Together with Aptiv8,
G Element has presented a holistic solution for buildings and construction owners.
NUCLEUS integration with FaceID at the BuildTech Asia 2017
By integrating with FaceID’s facial scanner (distributed by Aptiv8), NUCLEUS is able to track the entry of all construction workers at site. This is extremely useful for keeping track of the workers doing underground works e.g. tunneling, where workers have to scan their face upon entering the tunnel, and scan again to exit the tunnel. In times of emergency, e.g. tunnel fire, the command center will be able to accurately know how many workers are still trapped underground, and the identities of those who are trapped.
Mr. Lawrence giving a talk on NUCLEUS at BuildTech Asia 2017
During the exhibition, G Element’s Business and Development Manager Mr. Lawrence also gave a talk on how NUCLEUS can be applied to the management of construction site. Environmental information such as temperature, dust, soil and noise information at the construction site can easily be monitored in real time on NUCLEUS, and on-demand CCTV footage gives insight to real-time situation around the construction site. Workers attendance can be easily recorded and traced, while security guards’ locations can be tracked in real-time so that they can render immediate assistance when incidents occur. Apart from using NUCLEUS during the construction period, NUCLEUS’s eco-system can also be passed on to building owners or facility management users after the construction, maximizing the initial investment on the system.
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20th Infocomm Commerce Conference – 17 August 2017, Suntec Convention Hall
Mr. Eric Loh giving a talk on Automation, IoT and Robotics (AIR) For The Future SME
G Element would like to thank all those who took their precious time to join us at the 20th Infocomm Commerce Conference held at Suntec Convention Hall, Room 325, 17 August 2017. During the session on Automation, IoT and Robotics (AIR) For The Future SME, G Element’s Vice-President of the South Asia Business Group, Mr. Eric Loh took the opportunity to share on the topic of Smart Premises Centric Platform for SME. By using NUCLEUS as an open platform, various SMEs carrying different IoT products can come together to form a smart building solution which can be applied on a building, helping SMEs to go digital.
Mr. Eric Loh along with the other panel of speakers
This is depicted in the case study of the Orchid Hotel, which is an SME that has successfully gone digital with help from G Element, Asahi Security Technologies and IMDA, to fully provide integrated facilities and security services that helps building and business operators to improve decision making through NUCLEUS 3D visualisation in the command centre.
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Trade Shows on August 24, 2017
Secutech Vietnam 2017 – 16 to 18 August 2017, Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC)
G Element at Secutech Vietnam 2017 with partner Force21
G Element would like to express a heartfelt thank you to all those who took their precious time to join us at the Secutech Vietnam 2017 held at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center, Booth A029, 16 – 18 August 2017. Together with partner Force21 and Flaredynamics, G Element presents NUCLEUS, a 3D unified management system, which is used to help to monitor drones flight and the visuals captured by the drones.
Force21’s Manager giving a talk on how NUCLEUS can help buildings and cities become smarter.
Force21’s manager Mr. Jason Wei has also taken part at the Global Digital Security Forum, giving a talk on NUCLEUS 3D Unified Management System. During the talk, Mr. Jason has also brought up the issue of how manual monitoring of multiple separate systems can cause blind spots, which operators may overlook while attending to other problems at hand. With NUCLEUS, all systems are unified and monitored through a single platform. NUCLEUS automatically alerts operators to any problems detected while keeping track of all handled/pending issues. Information from all systems are integrated and presented in an easy to understand manner, helping operators arrive at an informed decision faster.
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Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia 2017 – 7 to 8 August 2017, JW Marriot Jakarta
G Element at Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia 2017 with partner ADLINK
G Element would like thank all those who took their precious time to join us at the Asia IoT Business Platform Indonesia held at JW Marriot Jakarta, 7 – 8 August 2017. At this last stop of the series of Aisa IoT Business Platform exhibitions, G Element presented a smart factory solution, incorporating ADLINK sensors, to track the factory’s environment. NUCLEUS makes use of motion sensor and light sensor to detect movement in office area of factory after working hours. Security guards are immediately alerted and directed to any location with suspicious activity detected. Together with ADLINK’s door sensor, NUCLEUS is able to detect any unauthorized access of the server rooms in the factory, keeping important data secure. Last but not least, NUCLEUS can track the humidity and temperature of production room and warehouse to ensure goods are kept under optimal conditions.
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Asia IoT Business Platform Malaysia 2017 – 27 to 28 July 2017, Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur
G Element at Asia IoT Business Platform Malaysia 2017 with partner ADLINK
G Element would like to express a heartfelt thank you to all those who took their precious time to join us at the Asia IoT Business Platform Malaysia held at Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur, Ballroom Mahkota, 24 – 25 July 2017. At this second stop of the series of Aisa IoT Business Platform exhibitions, G Element presented a smart factory solution, especially for pharmaceutical industries, with our partner ADLINK.
ADLINK’s Distributor giving a talk on how ADLINK and NUCLEUS has helped in manufacturing factories automation.
By integrating with ADLINK sensors, NUCLEUS is able to track the factory’s rooms environment. NUCLEUS can track the humidity of production room and warehouse to ensure goods are kept under optimal conditions. Especially in pharmaceutical factories, cold rooms temperature can also be monitored closely by NUCLEUS to ensure all products are kept chilled under the correct conditions. If temperature rises above the required standards, NUCLEUS will alert the corresponding managers to take the appropriate measures to correct the situation.
Do also join us for the last stop of the Asia IoT Business Platform exhibition, which will be held in JW Marriot Jakarta, Indonesia from the 7-8 Aug 2017. See you there!
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Trade Shows on August 2, 2017
Asia IoT Business Platform Thailand 2017 – 24 to 25 July 2017, Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong
G Element at Asia IoT Business Platform Thailand 2017 with partner ADLINK
G Element would like to express a heartfelt thank you to all those who took their precious time to join us at the Asia IoT Business Platform Thailand held at Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong, 24 – 25 July 2017. Together with our partner ADLINK, G Element presented a well rounded smart factory solution for the manufacturing industry.
G Element’s Sales Manager giving a talk on how ADLINK and NUCLEUS can help in manufacturing factories automation.
G Element also took the opportunity at the keynote presentation to share with the attendees on how NUCLEUS was able to help a manufacturing factory become a smart factory with automation. For example, with the help of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV), manual task such as moving raw materials from storeroom to the production room can be automated, reducing the need for manpower. NUCLEUS allows the production manager to monitor all aspects of the factory from a single point, such as location of AGV, operations of all production line, production room environmental conditions, testing process, packing and even storage in the warehouse, so that he can make better and more informed decisions, improving production efficiency.
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Video of NUCLEUS 3D IoT Platform adopted in Orchid Hotel (by IMDA)
Under the SMEs Go Digital programme offered by IMDA, Orchid Hotel has successfully adopted the pre-approved NUCLEUS 3D IoT Platform for Smart Buildings Solution. The solution, implemented by G Element in partnership with Asahi Security Technologies, provides fully integrated facilities and security services that helps building and business operators to improve decision making through NUCLEUS 3D visualisation in the command centre.
With the ability to retrieve timely and accurate data, Orchid Hotel has improved manpower deployment to generate greater customer satisfaction besides raising the efficiency of their staff by allowing them to concentrate on their core functions.
According to Ms Kayn Chng, assistant general manager at Orchid Hotel, SMEs are usually at a disadvantage compared to big brands. “With this solution we will be able to get more timely and accurate data that will enable us to have better time management and manpower deployment,” Ms Chng said.
Source: TODAY Online
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Partner,
Trade Shows on May 24, 2017
Dahua Showroom Launch 2017 – 16 May 2017
Launch of Dahua Showroom
G Element would like to congratulate our partner, Dahua Technology, for the launching of their new showroom. The showroom comprises of technologies carried by Dahua Technologies, such as HDCVI CCTV, 4K HD CCTV, 360 degrees IP CCTV, Thermal Imaging CCTV, Carpark lot sensor, Access Control, Video Intercom etc.
Walk through of NUCLEUS integration with Dahua’s CCTVs
The various types of CCTVs carried by Dahua Technologies can be integrated into NUCLEUS to provide building/city operators a situational overview of the building/city. Using NUCLEUS’s virtual guard tour function, security guards can increase the number of patrol frequency. Together with other integrated systems such as access control, building management system, fire detection system, guard/visitor tracking etc, building operators can get information from multiple sources to make informed decisions when emergency incidents occur.
