Danfoss Establishes an IoT Collaboration with Microsoft for Cloud Services

Danfoss has entered into a collaboration with Microsoft to bring domain expertise in Refrigeration and HVAC to the cloud.  Through this collaboration, customers will benefit from industry knowledge on a new platform powered by Microsoft Azure.  The new cloud services will is designed to enable major savings, operational efficiency and can further increase sales effectiveness for Refrigeration and HVAC system owners and professionals.

With this collaboration, Danfoss extends its application expertise and becomes an independent software vendor (ISV).  Together, Danfoss and Microsoft intend to will bring modern technology and domain expertise to Refrigeration and HVAC system owners and professionals.

The cloud-based services will enable food retailers to reduce food loss, reduce energy consumption, and optimize overall store performance. They will benefit from Danfoss’ years of experience as a solution provider in refrigeration and HVAC, and the cloud infrastructure of Microsoft Azure will provide scalability and data security.

The Danfoss Cooling Cloud Suite enables full transparency around the clock allowing Food Retailers to focus on the core of their business. The cloud-based services increase operational efficiency by processing and analyzing data from refrigeration assets, HVAC, lighting and other assets. The data is managed in a secure way and delivers valuable insight to the food retail store in easy to use user interfaces.

With the Danfoss Cooling Cloud Suite, food retailers could be able to eliminate up to 80 % of the time used to manage issues with store equipment as the connected assets are monitored and analyzed ensuring immediate action in case of compressor failure, refrigerant leaks or other issues. They could also realize up to 40 % reduction in food loss as temperature is automatically monitored and alarms are sent to the store if temperature thresholds are above limit.  Finally, stores may realize above 30 % total net savings energy consumption by peak load shavings and reducing energy consumption from lights, refrigeration, HVAC and other electrical appliances.

Realizing operational costs and reducing energy consumption with the Danfoss Cooling Cloud Suite is reported to be easy, as sensors, controls, and gateways can be retrofitted in any store. The services are cloud-based and require no on-premises hosting allowing rapid deployment and scalability for any store needs.