IoT services Münster. IoT for buildings and outdoor areas.

IoT services for Muenster and Muensterland: building monitoring, field sensors and LoRaWAN. Integration, dashboards and operations from Werl.

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Bring building and outdoor readings into one view.

For businesses, farms and municipal facilities in Muenster, we design sensing systems and the supporting data platform. Possible pilots include room climate in one building section or soil moisture on a field. Where a LoRaWAN network already exists, we review access conditions and interfaces before planning a private network. merkaio is based in Werl and supports Muensterland projects through scheduled site visits and remote operations.

For the first discussion: buildings or fields, required measurements, existing network access and responsibility for data and alerts.

Room climate and building usage

Your contact in Werl

Timo Wevelsiep is your contact. Site assessments and installation visits are agreed with you.

Honest

We don't sell buzzwords, but working solutions.

SME Focus

We understand the requirements of municipalities, farmers, and manufacturing companies.

Our Services for Münster.

LoRaWAN Infrastructure

Assess existing network access and coverage. Where a private network is needed, we plan gateway locations and operating responsibilities.

Custom Software & Apps

Through merkaio dev, we develop your platform or app - from citizen apps for environmental data to dashboards for facility managers.

Managed Operations

We operate your IoT infrastructure 24/7. Monitoring, updates, and support - so your IT can focus on core business.

Opportunities for the Münster Region.

Possible project scenarios, not completed customer projects. Scope is assessed for your site.

City of Münster

Smart City & Administration

Münster focuses on sustainability and citizen engagement.

Water level monitoring at the Aa and Werse rivers, parking sensors in the harbor district, fill level monitoring for public bins. All data flows into a central Urban Data Platform.

LoRaWAN Sensors & Urban Data Platform.

Münsterland

AgriTech & Environment

The Münsterland thrives on agriculture.

Plan soil moisture measurement points and potential gateway locations together. Maintenance, reporting intervals and analysis for irrigation decisions form part of the pilot.

Milesight Soil Sensors & Custom Dashboards.

Campus & Buildings

Facility Management

Large building complexes need smart control.

Indoor climate monitoring for university hospitals and administrative buildings, room occupancy for flexible workspaces, energy monitoring per ISO 50001. We integrate with existing building management systems.

CO2 Sensors, People Counters & Energy Management.

Select connectivity and devices for your site.

For measurement points in older buildings, farms and outdoor areas, we assess coverage and gateway connectivity separately. An existing LoRaWAN network may be usable if coverage, access and data handover fit. Suitability is assessed for the specific project.

ChirpStack, ThingsBoard or Grafana are selected to fit the project. Data export, access rights, backups and updates are defined in the operating plan; protection ratings and battery life depend on the selected device.

LoRaWAN
Radio planning, gateway selection and sensor integration for your site.
MQTT and APIs
Send measurements to existing applications and databases.
Dashboards
Status, trends and alerts matched to your workflows.
Operations
Monitoring, updates and backups with agreed responsibilities.

Active in Münster and the Münsterland.

From our base in Werl, we arrange site visits across this service area. The listed places are service areas, not additional offices.

Münster (City Center, Hiltrup, Handorf)
Greven & Emsdetten
Telgte & Warendorf
Coesfeld & Steinfurt

Radio assessment, installation and subsequent maintenance are agreed according to location and project scope.

Common Questions from the Region

Direct answers to typical questions from Münster and the Münsterland

We assess this at the planned measurement points. Metal, masonry, warehouse occupancy and antenna positions affect reception. An on-site survey establishes suitable gateway positions and whether additional infrastructure is required.
Usable range depends on terrain, vegetation, buildings and antenna positions. We assess the actual radio paths and connectivity at gateway locations. A fixed distance claim cannot replace a site assessment.
This depends on network access, coverage and available interfaces. We assess integration with you and the relevant network operator. No partnership with Stadtwerke Muenster is claimed here.
Yes. We can develop public dashboards or citizen apps. This makes city transparency visible - e.g., 'What's the current water level of the Aa?' or 'How's the air quality at the Aasee lake?'.
We select sensors for the specific installation environment. Besides ingress protection, relevant factors include temperature, moisture, cleaning agents, dust and any chemical exposure. Suitability is checked against the manufacturer's documentation for the specific model.
Water levels can be observed and compared with historical readings. A reliable flood warning system or forecast requires a separate specialist design and agreed responsibilities. A water level sensor alone does not provide this.
Before the project starts, we clarify data types, roles, retention and the desired hosting location. Your privacy and IT contacts participate in selecting the operating model. Hosting alone does not establish whether processing is permissible.
The proposal separates hardware, site assessment, installation, software integration and ongoing operations. Reliable pricing requires measurement points, reporting intervals, interfaces and support requirements. A small pilot can clarify the effort needed for a later rollout.
We primarily use Milesight - a Taiwanese manufacturer with excellent quality and a broad portfolio (sensors, gateways, controllers). Milesight is our standard for professional deployments. However, our infrastructure is hardware-agnostic: as long as devices speak open standards like LoRaWAN, MQTT, or HTTP, we can integrate them. This protects you from vendor lock-in.

We work across industries.

IoT projects in every sector. Have a project in mind? Get in touch.

Manufacturing & Production
Logistics & Transport
Healthcare & Care
Agriculture & Farming
Retail & Commerce
Real Estate & Facility
Energy & Utilities
Public Sector & Municipalities
Ports & Maritime Logistics
Cold Chain & Pharma

Don't see your industry? Contact us anyway.

Let's discuss your infrastructure. Digital and on-site.

Whether it's IoT platform development, hardware selection, managed hosting for ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Grafana or NetBird VPN, or migration from a self-hosted setup - we'll find the right solution for your use case. Book a free 30-minute consultation, no commitment required.

Timo Wevelsiep

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Founder, merkaio

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